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- Classification
- Region
- Group
- Gallery
- Key to subgroups
- Implemented key
- List of species
- Taxa, synonyms
- Bibliography
Cymatura
Cymatura is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Cymatura Gerstaecker, 1855
A. Gerstaecker is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Cymatura bifasciata Gerstaecker, 1855.
Cymatura Gerstaecker, 1855 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Cymatura has 21 species and subspecies (18 species plus 3 non-nominal subspecies). This genus is ranked in the tribe Xylorhizini.
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 | |
Xylorhizini | |
66 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Cymatura | |
18 sp. + 3 non-nominal subsp. |
Region
World [21]

Distribution for species of Cymatura
Group
Cymatura [21]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Cymatura, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Cymatura spumans, ♂ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, Zimbabwe](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XY-Cymatura-spumans-m-jpr7404ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
Zimbabwe
![Cymatura fasciata, ♀ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, Cameroon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XY-Cymatura-fasciata-f-jpr21290ip.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
Cameroon
![Cymatura albomaculata, ♀ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, Zambia](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XY-Cymatura-albomaculata-f-jpr21302i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
Zambia
![Cymatura nigra, ♂ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, Burundi](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XY-Cymatura-nigra-m-jpr9865i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
Burundi
![Cymatura fasciata, ♀ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, Tanzania](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XYCymafasc12583i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
Tanzania
![Cymatura manowi, ♀ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, Kenya](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XYCymamano11905i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
Kenya
![Cymatura bizonata, ♀ [JPRC], Xylorhizini, R. P. Congo](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/XYCymabizo4981i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Xylorhizini
R. P. Congo
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section
Implemented key
proposed keys to select
- a) Partial key to species adapted from (Adlbauer,1995) • not translated
- b) Partial key to species adapted from (Breuning,1950) • not translated
possible resulting taxa
List of species
21 species and subspecies (18 species plus 3 non-nominal subspecies)
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Cymatura albomaculata Breuning, 1950fig.
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Cymatura bifasciata bifasciata Gerstaecker, 1855
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Cymatura bifasciata reducta Breuning, 1950
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Cymatura bizonata Quedenfeldt, 1881fig.
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Cymatura brittoni Franz, 1954
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Cymatura fasciata (Guerin, 1849)fig.
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Cymatura holonigra holonigra Breuning, 1954
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Cymatura holonigra longipilis Teocchi, 1989
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Cymatura itzingeri Breuning, 1935
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Cymatura mabokensis Breuning & Teocchi, 1973
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Cymatura manowi Franz, 1954fig.
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Cymatura mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881
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Cymatura mucorea Fairmaire, 1887
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Cymatura nigra Franz, 1954fig.
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Cymatura nyassica nyassica Breuning, 1935
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Cymatura nyassica rhodesica Breuning, 1964
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Cymatura orientalis (Breuning, 1968)
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Cymatura spumans (Guerin, 1847)fig.
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Cymatura strandi Breuning, 1935
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Cymatura tarsalis Aurivillius, 1914
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Cymatura wallabergeri Adlbauer, 1994
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Cymatura
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Cymatura Gerstaecker, 1855 [ sp. type : Cymatura bifasciata Gerstaecker, 1855 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Cymatura Gerstaecker • Verh. Königl.-Pr. Akad. Wiss. • 1855 : 266 [ nov ]
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Cymatura ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 50, 366
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Cymatura ; Breuning • Longicornia • 1950 • 1 : 380, 387 [ key div ]
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Cymatura ; Breuning & Teocchi • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1985 • 44 A (1-2) : 155
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Cymatura ; Adlbauer • Lambillionea • 1995 • 95 (2) : 156 [ key div ]