Genus Megischus Brulle, 1846


Type species M. furcatus (LePeletier & Serville) [Brazil]
Number of known species 72 (acc. my own catalog)
Distribution Worldwide
Diagnosis Wing venation complete. Pronotum long, conical, trastrigate.
Species recognition Townes (1949) still works for most USA species, but there are still two undescribed species left out
Status Polyphyletic?
Research in progress
Collecting tips Blue pan traps, Malaise, hand net.
Databasing

Representative species (M. maculipennis Westw.)

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