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- List of species
- Taxa, synonyms
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Amniscus
Amniscus is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Amniscus Dejean, 1835
P.F. Dejean is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Lamia praemorsa Fabricius, 1793.
Amniscus Dejean, 1835 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Amniscus has 3 species. This genus is ranked in the Acanthocinini tribe of Lamiinae.
Classification
kingdom | |
Animalia | |
~1,200,000 sp. | |
phylum | |
Arthropoda | |
~1,000,000 sp. | |
class | |
Insecta | |
~830,000 sp. | |
order | |
Coleoptera | |
~350,000 sp. | |
family | |
Cerambycidae | |
~35,000 sp. | |
subfamily | |
Lamiinae | |
20,351 sp. | |
tribe | |
Acanthocinini | |
2,115 sp. | |
genus | |
Amniscus | |
3 sp. |
Region
World [3]

Distribution for species of Amniscus...
Distribution for species of Amniscus
Group
Amniscus [3]
Subgroup of
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography...
List of species
3 species...
3 species
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Amniscus assimilis (Gahan, 1895)
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Crête-de-Village • 1♀ • vii-1999 • lam.#3649
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Deshaies • 1♂1♀ • v-1995 • lam.#1930, 1956
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Deshaies, Lahaut, Morne Bois d'Inde • 1♀ • v-1995 • lam.#1924
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Deshaies, Morne Caféière • 2♂ • v-1995 • lam.#1974, 1977
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Deshaies, Morne Mazeau • 1♂1♀ • v-1995, vii-1999 • lam.#1942, 3656
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Plage de Sainte Claire • 2♀ • v-1995 • lam.#1978, 1999
- Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre I., Plage du Roseau • 1♀ • v-1995 • lam.#1925
- Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre I., Le Gosier, Cocoyer • 1♂ • xii-1991 • lam.#262
- Martinique, Le Lamentin, Pelletier, Grand Champ, D3 • 2♂3♀ • iv-2002, v-2002 • lam.#5419, 5420, 5421, 5422, 5423
- Martinique, Sainte Marie, Reculée • 1♀ • v-2002 • lam.#5424
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Amniscus praemorsus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Saba I., The Level • 1♂1♀ • 11-12 mm • ix-2006 • lam.#14582, 14583
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Amniscus similis (Gahan, 1895)
- Martinique, Fort-de-France, Quartier Gerbault, 150m • 1♂ • vii-1981 • lam.#440
- Martinique, Rivière Pilote • 1♀ • v-2002 • lam.#5394
- Martinique, Rivière Pilote, Morne Roche • 1♂ • v-2002 • lam.#5395
- Martinique, Sainte Anne, Anse Caritan • 1♀ • vi-1982 • lam.#441
- Martinique, Tartane, Anse L'Etang • 1♀ • iv-2002 • lam.#5392
- Martinique, Tartane, Spoutourne • 1♂ • 13.5 mm • iv-2002 • lam.#5393
datas
Taxa, synonyms
3 taxa refer to Amniscus...
3 taxa refer to Amniscus
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Amniscus Dejean, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia praemorsa Fabricius, 1793 ]
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Leptostyloides Gilmour, 1963 [ sp. type : Leptostyloides turbidus Gilmour, 1963 ]
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Paratrypanidius Gilmour, 1963 [ sp. type : Paratrypanidius antiguae Gilmour, 1963 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data...
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Amniscus Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 338 [ nov ]
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Amniscus ; White • Cat. Col. Brit. Mus. • 1855 • II, 8 : 390 [ div ]
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Leptostylus = Amniscus ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 28
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Paratrypanidius Gilmour • Revta. Fac. Agron. • 1963 • 3, 2 : 14 [ nov ]
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Leptostyloides Gilmour • Stud. Fauna Curaçao • 1963 • 17, 76 : 62 [ nov div ]
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Leptostyloides ; Gilmour • Verl. Mus. G. Frey Tutz. München • 1965 • 8 : 575 [ syn ]
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Leptostyloides = Paratrypanidius ; Gilmour • Verl. Mus. G. Frey Tutz. München • 1965 • 8 : 575
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Leptostyloides ; Villiers • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (n.s.) • 1980 • 16, 4 : 570 [ key div ]
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Amniscus ; Monné & Giesbert • Insecta Mundi • 1992 • 6, 1-2 : 253 [ syn ]details
Amniscus ; Monné & Giesbert • Insecta Mundi • 1992 • 6, 1-2 : 253
General information
- synonymy
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Amniscus = Leptostyloides ; Monné & Giesbert • Insecta Mundi • 1992 • 6, 1-2 : 253
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Amniscus = Paratrypanidius ; Monné & Giesbert • Insecta Mundi • 1992 • 6, 1-2 : 253
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Amniscus ; Chalumeau & Touroult • Pensoft Publ. • 2005 : 173, 176 [ div ]details
Amniscus ; Chalumeau & Touroult • Pensoft Publ. • 2005 : 173, 176
General information
- distinctive characters
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Amniscus ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 75 [ div ]details
Amniscus ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 75
General information
- remark
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Amniscus ; Vlasak & Santos-Silva • Zootaxa • 2021 • 5061,3 : 485 [ div ]details
Amniscus ; Vlasak & Santos-Silva • Zootaxa • 2021 • 5061,3 : 485
General information
- remark