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Dinocephalus
Dinocephalus is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Dinocephalus Peringuey, 1899
L. Peringuey is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Dinocephalus ornatus Peringuey, 1899.
Dinocephalus Peringuey, 1899 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Dinocephalus has 5 species. This genus is ranked in the Tragocephalini 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 | |
20,361 sp | |
tribe | |
Tragocephalini | |
266 sp | |
genus | |
Dinocephalus | |
5 sp. |
Region
World [5]

Distribution for species of Dinocephalus...
Distribution for species of Dinocephalus
Group
Dinocephalus [5]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images posted online

![Dinocephalus ornatus, ♂ [JPRC], Tragocephalini, South Africa](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/TRDinoorna5786i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Tragocephalini
South Africa
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography...
List of species
5 species...
5 species
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Dinocephalus alboguttatus Breuning, 1958
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Dinocephalus haafi Breuning, 1961
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Dinocephalus heissi Holzschuh, 1991
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Dinocephalus ocellatus Aurivillius, 1908
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Dinocephalus ornatus Peringuey, 1899fig.
- Kenya, Voi • 1♂ • 9.5 mm • vi-1997 • lam.#11788
- R. S. Africa, Transvaal, Warm Baths • 1♂ • 16 mm • xii-1988 • lam.#5786
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Dinocephalus...
1 taxon refers to Dinocephalus
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Dinocephalus Peringuey, 1899 [ sp. type : Dinocephalus ornatus Peringuey, 1899 ]
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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Dinocephalus Peringuey • Ann. South Afr. Mus. • 1899 • 1 : 323 [ nov ]
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Dinocephalus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 8, 11, 23 [ key div ]details
Dinocephalus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 8, 11, 23
General information
- description ; distinctive characters ; key ; (...)
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Dinocephalus ; Teocchi & Sudre • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2002 • 11 : 1 [ div ]details
Dinocephalus ; Teocchi & Sudre • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2002 • 11 : 1
General information
- distinctive characters ; remark