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- Key to subgroups
- List of species
- Taxa, synonyms
- Bibliography
Epopea
Epopea is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Epopea Thomson, 1864
J. Thomson is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Epopea acuta Thomson, 1864.
Epopea Thomson, 1864 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Epopea has 5 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies. The genus is ranked in the Pteropliini 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 | |
Pteropliini | |
2,112 sp. | |
genus | |
Epopea | |
5 sp. |
Region

Distribution for species of Epopea
Group
Epopea
Subgroup of
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography
List of species
6 species and subspecies (5 species and 1 non-nominal subspecies)
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Epopea acuta Thomson, 1864
- Sénégal, Fatick • 1♂ • 11 mm • viii-2007 • lam.#13664
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Epopea elongatus (Breuning, 1938)
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Epopea lignosa Breuning, 1940
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Epopea orientalis Breuning, 1940
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Epopea subacuta leleupi Breuning, 1975
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Epopea subacuta subacuta Breuning, 1952
Taxa, synonyms
2 taxa refer to Epopea
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Epopea Thomson, 1864 [ sp. type : Epopea acuta Thomson, 1864 ]
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Soridomimus Breuning, 1938
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Epopea Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 51, 366 [ nov div ]
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Soridomimus Thomson in Breuning • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1938 • 30, 4 : 471 [ nov div ]details
Soridomimus Thomson in Breuning • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1938 • 30, 4 : 471
General information
- description
- new taxon/name
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Epopea ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23, A, 2 : 453, 482 [ key div ]details
Epopea ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23, A, 2 : 453, 482
General information
- description ; key