Melanocephalus

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Melanocephalus (fem.: melanocephala; n.: melanocephalum) is an epithet often used as the second word of a binomial name. It derives from Greek words meaning 'black-headed'. It is used in the names of the following species:

Mammals

  • Black-headed Uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus

Birds

Reptiles

  • Black-headed Python, Aspidites melanocephalus
  • Black-headed Ground Snake, Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus
  • Black-headed Bushmaster, Lachesis melanocephala
  • Black-headed Dwarf Chamaeleon, Bradypodion melanocephalum

Fish

  • Redtail Filefish, Pervagor melanocephalus
  • Largesnout goby, Awaous melanocephalus

Insects

Beetles

  • Calathus melanocephalus, a ground beetle
  • Cercyon melanocephalus, a beetle
  • Cyclocephala melanocephala, a beetle
  • Dermestes melanocephalus, a beetle
  • Dromius melanocephalus, a ground beetle
  • Galeruca melanocephala, a leaf beetle
  • Lasioderma melanocephalum, a beetle
  • Paramecosoma melanocephalum, a beetle
  • Parazuphium melanocephalum, a beetle

True bugs

  • Cymus melanocephalus, a lygaeid bug

True files

  • Wyeomyia melanocephala, a mosquito

Hymenopterans

Butterflies and moths

  • Sesia melanocephala, a hornet moth

Molluscs

  • Krynickillus melanocephalus, a slug

Crustaceans

  • Ligia melanocephala, Ligidium melanocephalum or Zia melanocephala, all of which are synonyms of Ligidium hypnorum

Vascular plants

  • Blackhead Fleabane, Erigeron melanocephalus
  • the hawkweed Hieracium melanocephalum

Fungi

See also

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