Coleoptera Cerambycidae Lamiinae

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  • Bibliography

Dorcasta

Dorcasta is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-

Dorcasta Pascoe, 1858

F. P. Pascoe is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Dorcasta oryx Pascoe, 1858.

Dorcasta Pascoe, 1858 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Dorcasta has 11 species. The genus is ranked in the Apomecynini 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
~40,000 sp.
subfamily
Lamiinae
19,921 sp.
tribe
Apomecynini
1,786 sp.
genus
Dorcasta
11 sp.

Gallery

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Dorcasta dasycera ♂, Apomecynini, French Guiana
Dorcasta dasycera
♂
Apomecynini
French Guiana

Key to subgroups

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

Implemented key

Use key to determinate specimens

proposed key to select

  • a) Key to species adapted from (Bezark&al.,2018)

List of species

11 species

  • Dorcasta birai Bezark & al., 2018
  • Dorcasta borealis Breuning, 1940
  • Dorcasta cinerea (Horn, 1860)
  • Dorcasta crassicornis Pascoe, 1858
  • Dorcasta dasycera (Erichson, 1848)
    • Nicaragua • Granada Prov., Reserva Silvestre Domitila • 2♂ • 7 mm • vi-2005 • lam.#8733, 8734
    • French Guiana • Montsinery • 1♀ • 8 mm • ix-1986 • lam.#5715
    • French Guiana • Remire, route des Plages • 1♂ • 8 mm • viii-2007 • lam.#9770
    • Mexico • Quintana Roo, Playa Del Carmen, El Marlyn Azul • 14♂7♀ • 7.5-9 mm • iv-2009 • lam.#11941, 11942, 11943, 11944, 11947, 11948, 11949, 11950, 11952, 11953…
    datas on labels of lamiines in author's collection
    datas
    picture
  • Dorcasta gracilis Fisher, 1932
  • Dorcasta implicata Melzer, 1935
  • Dorcasta parkeri Bezark & al., 2018
  • Dorcasta quadrispinosa Breuning, 1940
  • Dorcasta rifkindi Bezark & al., 2018
  • Dorcasta singularis Martins & Galileo, 2001

Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Dorcasta

Bibliography

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

  • Dorcasta ; Bezark & al. • Zootaxa • 2018 • 4399, 1  : 50 [ cit key div ]
    more info

    Dorcasta ; Bezark & al. • Zootaxa • 2018 • 4399, 1 : 50 [ cit key div ]

    General information

    • distinctive characters ; key ; remark
  • Dorcasta ; Gahan • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1895 • 1895  : 127 [ cit ]
  • Aegilopsis ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19  : 98, 389 [ cit ]
  • Dorcasta ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19  : 95, 388 [ cit ]
  • Aegilopsis Horn • Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. • 1860 • 12  : 571 [ nov ]
  • Dorcasta Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1858 • 2, 4  : 264 [ nov div ]
    more info

    Dorcasta Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1858 • 2, 4 : 264 [ nov div ]

    General information

    • description
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