Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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Coptops (Coptops)

Coptops (Coptops) is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-

Coptops (Coptops) Audinet-Serville, 1835

J.G. Audinet-Serville is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Lachnia (Coptops) parallela Audinet-Serville, 1835.

Coptops (Coptops) Audinet-Serville, 1835 is the full name of the group-subgenus in the taxonomic classification system.

Coptops (Coptops) has 46 species and subspecies (40 species plus 6 non-nominal subspecies). The subgenus is the nominal subdivision of Coptops, genus ranked in the tribe Mesosini.

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
21,965 sp/ssp.
tribe
Mesosini
671 sp/ssp.
genus
Coptops
47 sp/ssp.
subgenus
Coptops
40 sp. + 6 non-nominal subsp.

Gallery

Last images of Coptops (Coptops), to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection

Coptops hypocrita, ♂ [JPRC], Mesosini, Gulf of Guinea islands (Principe)
Coptops hypocrita
♂ [JPRC]
Mesosini
Gulf of Guinea islands (Principe)
Coptops hypocrita, ♀ [JPRC], Mesosini, Gulf of Guinea islands (Sao Tome)
Coptops hypocrita
♀ [JPRC]
Mesosini
Gulf of Guinea islands (Sao Tome)
Coptops aedificator, ♀ [JPRC], Mesosini, Gabon
Coptops aedificator
♀ [JPRC]
Mesosini
Gabon
Coptops aedificator, ♂ [JPRC], Mesosini, Gabon
Coptops aedificator
♂ [JPRC]
Mesosini
Gabon
Coptops huberi, ♂ [JPRC], Mesosini, Sri Lanka
Coptops huberi
♂ [JPRC]
Mesosini
Sri Lanka
Coptops similis, ♀ [JPRC], Mesosini, S India (Pondicherry)
Coptops similis
♀ [JPRC]
Mesosini
S India (Pondicherry)
Coptops similis, ♂ [JPRC], Mesosini, S India (Pondicherry)
Coptops similis
♂ [JPRC]
Mesosini
S India (Pondicherry)
Coptops aedificator, ♀ [JPRC], Mesosini, Ivory Coast
Coptops aedificator
♀ [JPRC]
Mesosini
Ivory Coast
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Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section

  • regional key of Coptops • see Rondon & Breuning, 1970
  • regional key of Coptops • see Breuning, 1957
  • key of Coptops • see Breuning, 1938

Latest events

  • 2025 • Lamia aedificator = Liosynaphaeta balloui Fisher, 1926 • cf. Sudre, J. & Bate, R. & Poloni, R. & Bezark, L.G. & Jiroux, E.

List of species

46 species and subspecies (40 species plus 6 non-nominal subspecies)

  • Coptops (Coptops) aedificator (Fabricius, 1793)
    fig.
  • Coptops (Coptops) albonotata Pic, 1917
  • Coptops (Coptops) andamanica Breuning, 1935
  • Coptops (Coptops) annamensis Breuning, 1938
  • Coptops (Coptops) annobonae Aurivillius, 1910
  • Coptops (Coptops) annulipes alorensis Breuning, 1967
  • Coptops (Coptops) annulipes annulipes Gahan, 1895
  • Coptops (Coptops) annulipes kangeana Breuning, 1968
  • Coptops (Coptops) brunnea Breuning, 1936
  • Coptops (Coptops) cameroni Breuning, 1978
  • Coptops (Coptops) curvatosignata Pu, 1992
  • Coptops (Coptops) diversesparsa (Pic, 1917)
  • Coptops (Coptops) huberi Siess, 1970
    fig.
  • Coptops (Coptops) humerosa Fairmaire, 1871
  • Coptops (Coptops) hypocrita Lameere, 1892
    fig.
  • Coptops (Coptops) illicita auguralis Pascoe, 1865
  • Coptops (Coptops) illicita illicita Pascoe, 1865
  • Coptops (Coptops) illicita rosacea Breuning, 1980
  • Coptops (Coptops) intermissa Pascoe, 1883
  • Coptops (Coptops) japonica Breuning, 1936
  • Coptops (Coptops) leucostictica leucostictica White, 1858
  • Coptops (Coptops) leucostictica rustica Gressitt, 1940
  • Coptops (Coptops) lichenea Pascoe, 1865
  • Coptops (Coptops) liturata (Klug, 1833)
    fig.
  • Coptops (Coptops) marmorea Breuning, 1939

Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Coptops (Coptops)

  • Lachnia (Coptops) Audinet-Serville, 1835 [ sp. type : Lachnia (Coptops) parallela Audinet-Serville, 1835 ]
  • Liosynaphaeta Fisher, 1926 [ sp. type : Liosynaphaeta balloui Fisher, 1926 ]

Bibliography

Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data

  • Lachnia (Coptops) Audinet-Serville • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1835 • 1 (4)  : 64 [ nov ]
  • Coptops ; Thomson • Paris • 1860  : 37
  • Coptops ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1864 • 3 (3) 1  : 96 [ div ]
    details

    Coptops ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1864 • 3 (3) 1 : 96

    General information

    • distinctive characters
  • Coptops ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1865 • 3 (3) 2  : 116 [ div ]
    details

    Coptops ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1865 • 3 (3) 2 : 116

    General information

    • description
  • Liosynaphaeta Fisher • Proc. U.S. Natn. Mus. • 1926 • 68 (22)  : 1 [ nov div ]
  • Liosynaphaeta ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (46-49)  : 366, 373 [ div ]
    details

    Liosynaphaeta ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (46-49) : 366, 373

    General information

    • distinctive characters
  • Coptops ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (46-49)  : 367, 386 [ key div ]
    details

    Coptops ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (46-49) : 367, 386

    General information

    • distinctive characters ; key
  • Liosynaphaeta ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1939 • 10-11 (50-66)  : 423 [ div ]
    details

    Liosynaphaeta ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1939 • 10-11 (50-66) : 423

    General information

    • description
  • Coptos ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1939 • 10-11 (50-66)  : 507
  • Coptos ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (19)  : 142 [ div ]
    details

    Coptos ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (19) : 142

    General information

    • remark
  • Coptops ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4  : 12 [ key div ]
    details

    Coptops ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 12

    General information

    • description ; regional key
  • Coptops ; Rondon & Breuning • Pacif. Ins. Monograph. • 1970 • 24  : 318, 343 [ key div ]
    details

    Coptops ; Rondon & Breuning • Pacif. Ins. Monograph. • 1970 • 24 : 318, 343

    General information

    • distinctive characters ; regional key
  • Coptops ; Teocchi & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2016 • n.s., 21  : 1 [ div ]
    details

    Coptops ; Teocchi & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2016 • n.s., 21 : 1

    General information

    • remark
  • Lachnia (Coptops) = Liosynaphaeta ; Sudre & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2025 • n.s., 51  : 54
  • Coptops ; Sudre & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2025 • n.s., 51  : 54 [ syn ]
    details

    Coptops ; Sudre & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2025 • n.s., 51 : 54

    General information

    • synonymy
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