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Acalolepta
Acalolepta is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Acalolepta Pascoe, 1858
F.P. Pascoe is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Acalolepta pusio Pascoe, 1858.
Acalolepta Pascoe, 1858 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Acalolepta has 3 subgenera and 283 species and subspecies (246 species plus 37 non-nominal subspecies). This genus is ranked in the tribe Lamiini.
Classification
Region
World [283]

Distribution for species of Acalolepta
Group
Acalolepta [283]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Acalolepta, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Acalolepta griseofasciata griseofasciata, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, Solomon (Guadalcanal)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MO-Acalolepta-griseofasciatus-m-jpr8122i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Solomon (Guadalcanal)
![Acalolepta griseipennis, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, E India (West Bengal)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MO-Acalolepta-griseipennis-f-jpr8117-tfl.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
E India (West Bengal)
![Acalolepta sublusca boehmeriavora, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, Ryukyu](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOAcalsublboeh17797i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Ryukyu
![Acalolepta sublusca boehmeriavora, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, Ryukyu](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOAcalsublboeh17796i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Ryukyu
![Acalolepta artensis, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, New Caledonia](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOAcalarte8124i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
New Caledonia
![Acalolepta artensis, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, New Caledonia](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOAcalarte8123i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
New Caledonia

♂
Lamiini
NE India (Sikkim)
Latest events
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2024 • Orsidis dispar = Orsidis unicolor Fisher, 1935 • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta elijonnahdii Vitali & Fahri, 2019 • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta mattuladai Vitali & Fahri, 2019 • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta (Dihammus) bolanica (Aurivillius, 1925) • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Dihammus bolanicus = Acalolepta parabolanica Breuning, 1980 • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta (Dihammus) longicornis barsevskisi n. sp. • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta (Dihammus) sculpturata (Aurivillius, 1924) • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta (Dihammus) sexplagiata n. sp. • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Cypriola timorensis (Breuning, 1935) • cf. F. Vitali
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2024 • Acalolepta (Dihammus) timorensis (Breuning, 1935) • cf. F. Vitali
List of species
283 species and subspecies (246 species plus 37 non-nominal subspecies)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) admixta Gahan, 1895
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) aesthetica (Olliff, 1891)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) affinis (Breuning, 1935)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) albosparsuta Breuning, 1965
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) alorensis Breuning, 1970
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) amamiana amamiana (Hayashi, 1962)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) amamiana simillima Breuning & Ohbayashi, 1966
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) andamanensis Breuning, 1953
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) andamanica (Breuning, 1935)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) annamensis Breuning, 1957
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) apoensis Vitali, 2016
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) argentata (Aurivillius, 1911)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) arrowi (Breuning, 1935)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) artensis (Montrouzier, 1861)fig.
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) artia (Olliff, 1891)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) atra (Fisher, 1935)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) atro-olivacea (Gilmour, 1956)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) aurata (Gahan, 1888)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) aureofusca (Aurivillius, 1917)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) aurosericea (Breuning, 1936)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) basicornis (Gahan, 1894)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) basigranulata Breuning, 1954
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) basimaculata Pic, 1944
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) basiplagiata (Breuning, 1935)
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Acalolepta (Acalolepta) battonii Breuning, 1980
Taxa, synonyms
9 taxa refer to Acalolepta
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Acalolepta Pascoe, 1858 [ sp. type : Acalolepta pusio Pascoe, 1858 ]
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Cypriola Thomson, 1864 [ sp. type : Cypriola acanthocinoides Thomson, 1864 ]
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Dihammus Thomson, 1864 [ sp. type : Monochamus longicornis Thomson, 1858 ]
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Neanthes Pascoe, 1878 [ sp. type : Monohammus curialis Pascoe, 1858 ]
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Haplohammus Bates, 1884 [ sp. type : Monohammus luxuriosus Bates, 1873 ]
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Astynoscelis Pic, 1904 [ sp. type : Astynoscelis longicornis Pic, 1904 ]
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Niphohammus Matsushita, 1932 [ sp. type : Niphohammus korolensis Matsushita, 1932 ]
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Saitoa Matsushita, 1937 [ sp. type : Saitoa teneburosa Matsushita, 1937 ]
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Acalolepta (Plicatodihammus) Pic, 1950 [ sp. type : Acalolepta (Plicatodihammus) daosus Pic, 1950 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Acalolepta Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1858 • 2 (4) : 247 [ nov div ]details
Acalolepta Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1858 • 2 (4) : 247
General information
- description
- new taxon/name
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Cypriola Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 16, 350 [ nov div ]
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Acalolepta ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1864 • 3 (3) 1 : 10, 23 [ div ]details
Acalolepta ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1864 • 3 (3) 1 : 10, 23
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
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Acalolepta ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 80, 381
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Dihammus Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 80, 381 [ nov div ]
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Dihammus ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1866 • 3 (3) 3 : 290 [ div ]details
Dihammus ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1866 • 3 (3) 3 : 290
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
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Neanthes Pascoe • The Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. • 1878 • 5 (11) : 372 [ nov ]
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Haplohammus Bates • J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. • 1884 • 18 : 239 [ nov ]
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Astynoscelis Pic • Mat. Etud. Longic. • 1904 • 5 (1) : 8 [ nov ]
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Niphohammus Matsushita • Ins. Matsumurana • 1932 • 6 (4) : 170 [ nov ]
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Saitoa Matsushita • Kontyû • 1937 • 11 (1-2) : 104 [ nov ]
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Dihammus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 176, 456 [ key div ]
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Dihammus fulvoscutellatus Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 477 [ nov loc ]
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Cypriola ; Breuning • Bull. Inst. roy. Sc.nat. Belg. • 1949 • 25 (38) : 5 [ syn ]details
Cypriola ; Breuning • Bull. Inst. roy. Sc.nat. Belg. • 1949 • 25 (38) : 5
General information
- synonymy
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Cypriola = Dihammus ; Breuning • Bull. Inst. roy. Sc.nat. Belg. • 1949 • 25 (38) : 5
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Acalolepta (Plicatodihammus) Pic • L'Echange • 1950 • 66 (522) : 14 [ nov ]
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Acalolepta = Cypriola ; Breuning • Bull. Inst. roy. Sc.nat. Belg. • 1958 • 34 (22) : 4
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Acalolepta ; Breuning • Bull. Inst. roy. Sc.nat. Belg. • 1958 • 34 (22) : 4 [ syn ]
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Acalolepta ; Rondon & Breuning • Pacif. Ins. Monograph. • 1970 • 24 : 421, 463 [ key div ]
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Acalolepta ; Hüdepohl • Entomofauna • 1988 • 9 (11) : 241 [ key div ]