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- Taxa, synonyms
- Bibliography
Cacia (Corethrophora)
Cacia (Corethrophora) is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Cacia (Corethrophora) Blanchard, 1853
C.E. Blanchard is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Corethrophora semiluctuosa Blanchard, 1853.
Cacia (Corethrophora) Blanchard, 1853 is the full name of the group-subgenus in the taxonomic classification system.
Cacia (Corethrophora) has 42 species and subspecies (41 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies). The subgenus is a subdivision of Cacia, genus ranked in the tribe Mesosini.
Classification
Region
World [42]

Distribution for species of Cacia (Corethrophora)
Group
(Corethrophora) [42]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Cacia (Corethrophora), to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Cacia ligata, ♂ [JPRC], Mesosini, New Guinea (Western New Guinea)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/ME-Cacia-ligata-m-jpr2794-tfl.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Mesosini
New Guinea (Western New Guinea)
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section
Implemented key
proposed key to select
- a) Partial key to species adapted from (Breuning,1938) • not translated
possible resulting taxa
Latest events
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) albicollis Heller, 1923 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) butuana Heller, 1923 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) cephaloides Breuning, 1968 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) cephalotes (Pic, 1925) • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) complicata n. sp. • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) grisescens Breuning, 1935 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) hieroglyphyca Heller, 1923 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) imogenae Hüdepohl, 1989 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) katrinae Medina & al., 2023 • cf. F. Vitali
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2025 • Cacia (Corethrophora) lepesmei Gressitt, 1951 • cf. F. Vitali
List of species
42 species and subspecies (41 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies)
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Cacia (Corethrophora) aequifasciata Heller, 1924
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Cacia (Corethrophora) albicollis Heller, 1923
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Cacia (Corethrophora) albofasciata Breuning, 1980
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Cacia (Corethrophora) aspersa Newman, 1842
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Cacia (Corethrophora) butuana butuana Heller, 1923
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Cacia (Corethrophora) butuana negria Heller, 1924
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Cacia (Corethrophora) cephaloides Breuning, 1968
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Cacia (Corethrophora) cephalotes (Pic, 1925)
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Cacia (Corethrophora) complicata Vitali, 2025
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Cacia (Corethrophora) elegans Breuning, 1939
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Cacia (Corethrophora) grisescens Breuning, 1935
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Cacia (Corethrophora) hieroglyphyca Heller, 1923
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Cacia (Corethrophora) imitatrix Heller, 1923
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Cacia (Corethrophora) imogenae Hüdepohl, 1989
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Cacia (Corethrophora) interruptovittata Heller, 1923
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Cacia (Corethrophora) katrinae Medina & al., 2023
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Cacia (Corethrophora) latefasciata Breuning, 1947
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Cacia (Corethrophora) lepesmei Gressitt, 1951
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Cacia (Corethrophora) ligata Schwarzer, 1924fig.
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Cacia (Corethrophora) lumawigi Hüdepohl, 1989
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Cacia (Corethrophora) manobo Medina & al., 2023
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Cacia (Corethrophora) marionae Hüdepohl, 1989
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Cacia (Corethrophora) milagrosae Hüdepohl, 1989
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Cacia (Corethrophora) monstrabilis Heller, 1915
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Cacia (Corethrophora) nigricollis Heller, 1923
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Cacia (Corethrophora)
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Corethrophora Blanchard, 1853 [ sp. type : Corethrophora semiluctuosa Blanchard, 1853 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Corethrophora Blanchard • Gide et J. Baudry • 1853 • 4 : 1853 [ nov ]
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Corethrophora ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 59, 370
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Cacia = Corethrophora ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1865 • 3 (3) 2 : 106
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Cacia (Corethrophora) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (46-49) : 375, 376 [ key div ]details
Cacia (Corethrophora) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (46-49) : 375, 376
General information
- distinctive characters ; key
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Cacia (Coreothrophora) ; Breuning • Verl. Mus. G. Frey Tutz. München • 1959 • 2 : 58
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Cacia (Corethrophora) ; Medina & al. • Zootaxa • 2023 • 5231 (5) : 540, 545 [ div ]details
Cacia (Corethrophora) ; Medina & al. • Zootaxa • 2023 • 5231 (5) : 540, 545
General information
- distinctive characters
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Cacia (Corethrophora) ; Vitali • Faunitaxys • 2025 • 13 (32) : 2 [ div ]details
Cacia (Corethrophora) ; Vitali • Faunitaxys • 2025 • 13 (32) : 2
General information
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