Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius)

Cydnus brunneus Fabricius, 1803: 185 .

Macroscytus brunneus: Fieber, 1861: 362 .

Aethus opacus Stål, 1854: 214 (syn. by Signoret, 1881a: 644).

Macroscytus scutellaris Horváth, 1919: 238 (syn. by Linnavuori, 1993: 25).

Macroscytus exiguus Horváth, 1919: 238 (syn. by Linnavuori, 1993: 25).

Type data. Lectotype male of Cydnus brunneus Fabricius (designated by J. A. Lis, 1994: 239): Morocco, Tanger ( Zoologisk Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) . Lectotype male of Macroscytus exiguus Horváth (designated by Linnavuori, 1977: 41): Republic of South Africa, Natal (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary) . Syntype (s) of Aethus opacus Stål: South Africa, Caffraria ( Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, the Netherlands) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic,? China (North), Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liban, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Republic of South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.