Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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  • Classification
  • Region
  • Group
  • Key to subgroups
  • List of species
  • Taxa, synonyms
  • Bibliography

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
21,823 sp/ssp.
tribe
Acanthocinini
2,203 sp/ssp.
genus
Amniscus
3 sp.

Region

World  [3]

distribution map

Distribution for species of Amniscus

Group

Amniscus  [3]

Subgroup of

Subdivided into 3 species

Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography

  • key of Leptostyloides • see Villiers, 1980

List of species

  • Amniscus assimilis (Gahan, 1895)
  • Amniscus praemorsus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Amniscus similis (Gahan, 1895)

Taxa, synonyms

3 taxa refer to Amniscus

  • Amniscus Dejean, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia praemorsa Fabricius, 1793 ]
  • Leptostyloides Gilmour, 1963 [ sp. type : Leptostyloides turbidus Gilmour, 1963 ]
  • 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

  • Amniscus Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4  : 338 [ nov ]
  • Amniscus ; White • Cat. Col. Brit. Mus. • 1855 • II (8)  : 390 [ div ]
  • Leptostylus = Amniscus ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19  : 28
  • Paratrypanidius Gilmour • Revta. Fac. Agron. • 1963 • 3 (2)  : 14 [ nov ]
  • Leptostyloides Gilmour • Stud. Fauna Curaçao • 1963 • 17 (76)  : 62 [ nov div ]
  • Leptostyloides ; Gilmour • Verl. Mus. G. Frey Tutz. München • 1965 • 8  : 575 [ syn ]
  • Leptostyloides = Paratrypanidius ; Gilmour • Verl. Mus. G. Frey Tutz. München • 1965 • 8  : 575
  • Leptostyloides ; Villiers • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (n.s.) • 1980 • 16 (4)  : 570 [ key div ]
  • 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
  • Amniscus = Leptostyloides ; Monné & Giesbert • Insecta Mundi • 1992 • 6 (1-2)  : 253
  • Amniscus = Paratrypanidius ; Monné & Giesbert • Insecta Mundi • 1992 • 6 (1-2)  : 253
  • Amniscus ; Chalumeau & Touroult • Pensoft Publ. • 2005  : 173, 176 [ div ]
    details

    Amniscus ; Chalumeau & Touroult • Pensoft Publ. • 2005 : 173, 176

    General information

    • distinctive characters
  • Amniscus ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282  : 75 [ div ]
    details

    Amniscus ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 75

    General information

    • remark
  • Amniscus ; Vlasak & Santos-Silva • Zootaxa • 2021 • 5061 (3)  : 485 [ div ]
    details

    Amniscus ; Vlasak & Santos-Silva • Zootaxa • 2021 • 5061 (3) : 485

    General information

    • remark
  • Amniscus ; Bezark & al. • The Pan-Pacif. Entomol. • 2023 • 99 (2)  : 144 [ div ]
    details

    Amniscus ; Bezark & al. • The Pan-Pacif. Entomol. • 2023 • 99 (2) : 144

    General information

    • note
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