Macroscytus

TaxID: 498948

Basic Information

Macroscytus

Burrowing Bug

Macroscytus is a genus of Cydnidae. There are 14 described species as of January 2026.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Cydnidae

Macroscytus

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Paolo Mazzei@BY-NC
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(c) portioid@BY
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(c) Benoît Segerer@BY-NC
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(c) Thijs Valkenburg@BY-NC
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(c) magdastlucia@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Body length 8.05–11.27 mm, width 4.39–5.88 mm, coloration from ochraceous to almost black, sometimes corium and apices of pronotal umbones slightly brown or yellowish brown. Head with clypeus lacking a pair of subapical hair-like setae; each paraclypeus with a single preocular submarginal setigerous puncture bearing a hair-like seta (sporadically with two or three setae). Antennal segment lengths variable; third segment 1.00–1.29 times longer than second. Pronotum with umbones. Mesocorial disc almost evenly punctate, punctures similar in size to those on pronotum. Costa narrow, separated from exocorium almost along its entire length. Female hind femora with several strong setae on ventral margin; hind tibiae without tubercle.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR27541577 Salivary gland - - 30374041 China
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DNA Barcodes (10 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 ND5-0 1708 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 ND4L 288 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 ND4 1323 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 ND3 349 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 ND2 970 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 ND1 930 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 CYTB 1132 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 COXIII 784 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 COII 676 - - -
GBMTG1525-16 BOLD:ADC6291 COI-5P 1532 - - -

Literature