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- Classification
- Region
- Group
- Key to subgroups
- Implemented key
- List of species
- Taxa, synonyms
- 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 10 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 | |
~35,000 sp. | |
subfamily | |
Lamiinae | |
20,060 sp. | |
tribe | |
Apomecynini | |
1,807 sp. | |
genus | |
Dorcasta | |
10 sp. |
Region

Distribution for species of Dorcasta
Group
Dorcasta
Subgroup of
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section
Implemented key
proposed key to select
- a) Key to species adapted from (Bezark&al.,2018)
possible resulting taxa
List of species
10 species
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Dorcasta birai Bezark & Santos-Silva & Nascimento, 2018
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Dorcasta borealis Breuning, 1940
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Dorcasta cinerea (Horn, 1860)
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Dorcasta crassicornis Pascoe, 1858
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Dorcasta dasycera (Erichson, 1848)image
- Nicaragua, Granada Prov., Reserva Silvestre Domitila • 2♂ • 7 mm • vi-2005 • lam.#8733, 8734
- Guyane, Montsinery • 1♀ • 8 mm • ix-1986 • lam.#5715
- Guyane, Remire, route des Plages • 1♂ • 8 mm • viii-2007 • lam.#9770
- Mexique, 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 collectiondatas -
Dorcasta implicata Melzer, 1935
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Dorcasta parkeri Bezark & Santos-Silva & Nascimento, 2018
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Dorcasta quadrispinosa Breuning, 1940
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Dorcasta rifkindi Bezark & Santos-Silva & Nascimento, 2018
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Dorcasta singularis Martins & Galileo, 2001
Taxa, synonyms
2 taxa refer to Dorcasta
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Dorcasta Pascoe, 1858 [ sp. type : Dorcasta oryx Pascoe, 1858 ]
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Aegilopsis Horn, 1860
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Dorcasta Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1858 • 2, 4 : 264 [ nov div ]details
Dorcasta Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1858 • 2, 4 : 264
General information
- description
- new taxon/name
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Aegilopsis Pascoe in Horn • Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. • 1860 • 12 : 571 [ nov ]
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Dorcasta ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 95, 388
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Aegilopsis ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 98, 389
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Dorcasta ; Gahan • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1895 • 1895 : 127
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Dorcasta ; Bezark & Santos-Silva & Nascimento • Zootaxa • 2018 • 4399, 1 : 50 [ key div ]details
Dorcasta ; Bezark & Santos-Silva & Nascimento • Zootaxa • 2018 • 4399, 1 : 50
General information
- distinctive characters ; key ; remark