Macrotrachelia nigronitens

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| image = Macrotrachelia nigronitens 2.jpg

| image_caption = Macrotrachelia nigronitens♂ (length about 3mm)

| genus = Macrotrachelia

| species = nigronitens

| authority = (Stål, 1860)

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Macrotrachelia nigronitens is a species of minute pirate bug or flower bug in the family Anthocoridae. It is native to Central and South America, and adventive to New Zealand and North America.Larivière, M.-C.; Larochelle, A. 2014: Checklist of the New Zealand Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): an update based on the 2004 to 2013 literature. Zootaxa, 3755(4): 347-367. {{doi|10.11646/zootaxa.3755.4.2}}Thorpe, S.E. 2014: Notes on the biology, distribution, biosecurity status and history in New Zealand of Macrotrachelia nigronitens (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Biodiversity data journal, 2: e1077. {{doi|10.3897/BDJ.2.e1077}}