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by the combination of the following characters: body slender, small to large sized, body length range 10.017.0 mm, body colour from yellow to black; head almost triangular, slightly narrower than pronotum; antennal segment I longer than or equal length to segment II; posterior angles of pronotum prominent, slightly raised, always pointed; femur and tibiae straight with no curving, tibiae longer than femur, femora with 38 spines, inner surface with plectrum; genital capsule with a pair of surcapsular spines, never crossing over, parameres elongate, slender and curved; posterior margin of female abdominal sternite VII split longitudinally in middle [valid only if specimens of female
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A757FCE9B6E56ED1" authority="(Say, 1825)" baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1825" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquespinosus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A757FCE9B3616EF4" box="[1024,1372,880,906]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus quinquespinosus</emphasis>
(Say, 1825)
</taxonomicName>
are examined and confirmed].
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30EB4BB83777E08A390FC21B58569D4" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BABE73083777E08A390FC21B58569D4" blockId="1.[151,1437,664,1195]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A390FC21B43C6EAC" bold="true" box="[199,513,952,978]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Distribution and diversity.</emphasis>
This genus is distributed in the Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions, and according to the literature (
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A265FC45B7F76E89" author="Dolling, W. R." box="[306,458,988,1015]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" pagination="1843" refId="ref8309" refString="Dolling, W. R. (2006) Family Alydidae Amyot &amp; Serville, 1843. In: Aukema, B. &amp; Rieger, C. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 5. Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 34 - 38." type="book chapter" year="2006">Dolling 2006</bibRefCitation>
) and the results presented herein contains eight species:
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A76BFC45B6E66965" authority="(Scopoli, 1763)" baseAuthorityName="Scopoli" baseAuthorityYear="1763" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="junceus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A76BFC45B30C6E88" box="[1084,1329,988,1014]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus junceus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A669FC45B6EE6965" author="Scopoli, J. A." pageId="1" pageNumber="212" refId="ref9421" refString="Scopoli, J. A. (1763) Entomologia carniolica exhibens Insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietatis. Methodo Linnaeana. Trattner, Vindobonae, xxxvi + 420 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119976" type="book" year="1763">Scopoli, 1763</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A3BDFB99B4E46965" authority="(Say, 1825)" baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[234,729,1024,1051]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquespinosus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A3BDFB99B4756964" box="[234,584,1024,1050]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus quinquespinosus</emphasis>
(Say, 1825)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A1BFFB99B2A86965" authority="(Stal, 1858)" baseAuthorityName="Stal" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[744,1173,1024,1051]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornaticeps">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A1BFFB99B23D6964" box="[744,1024,1024,1050]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus ornaticeps</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A744FB99B2B06965" author="Stal, C." box="[1043,1165,1024,1051]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" pagination="307 - 320" refId="ref9473" refString="Stal, C. (1858) Orthoptera och Hemiptera fran sodra Afrika. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 15, 307 - 320." type="journal article" year="1858">Stål, 1858</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A7F3FB99B7366940" authority="Stal, 1873" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1873" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costalis">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A7F3FB99B3A06964" box="[1188,1437,1024,1050]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus costalis</emphasis>
Stål, 1873
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A240FBBDB4806940" authority="Reuter, 1888" authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1888" box="[279,701,1060,1087]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="castaneus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A240FBBDB4196940" box="[279,548,1060,1086]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus castaneus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A17CFBBCB4806940" author="Reuter, O. M." box="[555,701,1060,1087]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" pagination="63 - 69" refId="ref9285" refString="Reuter, O. M. (1888) Hemiptera Sinensia Enumeravit ac novas species descripsit. Revue d'Entomologie, VII, 63 - 69." type="journal article" year="1888">Reuter, 1888</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A19EFBBDB2596941" authority="(Hsiao, 1965)" authorityName="Yi &amp; Wang &amp; Zhang &amp; Bu" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Hsiao" baseAuthorityYear="1965" box="[713,1124,1060,1087]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A19EFBBDB5FC6940" box="[713,961,1060,1086]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus angulus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A098FBBDB2616941" author="Hsiao, T. Y." box="[975,1116,1060,1087]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" pagination="421 - 434" refId="ref8565" refString="Hsiao, T. Y. (1965) New Coreids from China (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) IV. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 17 (4), 421 - 434. [in Chinese, with English summary]" type="journal article" year="1965">Hsiao, 1965</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A727FBBDB723691C" authority="Kerzhner, 1972" authorityName="Kerzhner" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zaitzevi">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A727FBBDB35E6940" box="[1136,1379,1060,1086]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus zaitzevi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A63EFBBCB723691C" author="Kerzhner, I. M." pageId="1" pageNumber="212" pagination="349 - 379" refId="ref8755" refString="Kerzhner, I. M. (1972) New and little-known Heteroptera from Mongolia and from adjacent regions of the USSR. I. Nasekomye Mongolii, 1, 349 - 379. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1972">Kerzhner, 1972</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A27DFBD1B4D6691C" authority="Liu &amp; Liu, 1998" authorityName="G. Q. Liu &amp; Q. Liu" authorityYear="1998" box="[298,747,1096,1122]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acutulus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A27DFBD1B415691C" box="[298,552,1096,1122]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus acutulus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF859AC183777E08A178FBD1B4D6691C" author="Liu, G. Q. &amp; Liu, Q." box="[559,747,1096,1122]" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" pagination="41 - 44" refId="ref8869" refString="Liu, G. Q. &amp; Liu, Q. (1998) On the genus Megalotomus Fieber from China (Heteroptera: Alydidae). Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam, 58 (3), 41 - 44." type="journal article" year="1998">Liu &amp; Liu, 1998</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Among these, seven species occur in the Palaearctic Region, with only
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A25FFBF4B45369F9" authority="(Say, 1825)" baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[264,622,1132,1159]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquespinosus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A25FFBF4B7D569F8" box="[264,488,1133,1158]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">M. quinquespinosus</emphasis>
(Say, 1825)
</taxonomicName>
recorded from the Nearctic Region. A new combination transferred from
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A3C0FB09B6DE69D4" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1803" box="[151,227,1168,1194]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Alydus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A3C0FB09B6DE69D4" box="[151,227,1168,1194]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Alydus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="4C149CB383777E08A250FB09B7A269D4" authorityName="Fieber" authorityYear="1860" baseAuthorityName="Fieber" baseAuthorityYear="1860" box="[263,415,1168,1194]" class="Insecta" family="Alydidae" genus="Megalotomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9603B2283777E08A250FB09B7A269D4" box="[263,415,1168,1194]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="212">Megalotomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and a new junior synonym are proposed below.
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</subSubSection>
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