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Hecyra
Hecyra is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Hecyra Thomson, 1857
J. Thomson is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Hecyra improba Thomson, 1857.
Hecyra Thomson, 1857 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Hecyra has 4 species. This genus is ranked in the Crossotina 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 | |
20,380 sp | |
tribe | |
Crossotina | |
405 sp | |
genus | |
Hecyra | |
4 sp. |
Region
World [4]

Distribution for species of Hecyra...
Distribution for species of Hecyra
Group
Hecyra [4]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images posted online

![Hecyra terrea, ♂ [JPRC], Crossotina, Zambia](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/CRHecyterr12802i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Crossotina
Zambia
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography...
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section
Implemented key
proposed key to select
- a) Partial key to species adapted from (Breuning,1942) • not translated
possible resulting taxa
List of species
4 species...
4 species
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Hecyra marmorata Breuning, 1972
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Hecyra obscurator (Fabricius, 1801)
- Ghana, Bolgatanga • 1♂1♀ • 21-22 mm • vi-2010 • lam.#16090, 16091
- Côte d'Ivoire, Akoupé • 1♂1♀ • i-1990 • lam.#1300, 1301
- Centrafrique, Bangui-Bimbo, 300m • 2♂1♀ • v-1977, v-1981 • lam.#406, 407, 9657
- Centrafrique, Bangui, Forêt de Bimbo • 2♂1♀ • 18-20.5 mm • ix-1985 • lam.#2508, 2509, 2510
- R. Centrafricaine, La Maboké • 1♂ • 18 mm • x-1972 • lam.#12803
- Sierra Leone, Northern Province, Sumbuya • 1♂1♀ • 17-18.5 mm • iii-1993, iv-1996 • lam.#21602, 21603
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Hecyra tenebrioides (Fahraeus, 1873)
- Zaïre, Lubumbashi • 2♂ • 15 mm • x-1975 • lam.#7446, 7447
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Hecyra terrea (Bertoloni, 1849)fig.
- Zambie, Kafue • 1♂ • 20 mm • ii-2000 • lam.#12802
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas
Taxa, synonyms
4 taxa refer to Hecyra...
4 taxa refer to Hecyra
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Nyphona Dejean, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia obscurator Fabricius, 1801 ]
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Hecyra Thomson, 1857 [ sp. type : Hecyra improba Thomson, 1857 ]
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Omopsides Chevrolat, 1858 [ sp. type : Omopsides blanchardi Chevrolat, 1858 ]
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Hecyrida Thomson, 1860 [ sp. type : Hecyra improba Thomson, 1857 ]
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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Nyphona Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 344 [ nov ]
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Hecyra Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 180 [ nov div ]
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Omopsides Chevrolat • Rev. Mag. Zool. • 1858 • 2 (10) : 307 [ nov ]
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Hecyrida Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 39 [ nov div syn ]details
Hecyrida Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 39
General information
- description ; remark
- new taxon/name
- synonymy
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Hecyrida = Hecyra ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 39
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Hecyrida = Omopsides ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 39 [ div ]details
Hecyrida = Omopsides ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 39
General information
- description ; (...)
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Hecyrida ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 56, 368
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Hecyra ; Lacordaire • Paris, Libr. Enc. Roret • 1872 • 9 (2) : 517
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Hecyra ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (72-84) : 9, 17, 82 [ key div ]details
Hecyra ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (72-84) : 9, 17, 82
General information
- description ; distinctive characters ; key
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Nyphona ; Sama • Boll. Soc. ent. it. • 1991 • 123 (2) : 125 [ div syn ]
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Nyphona = Hecyra ; Vives • Fna. Iberica • 2000 • 12 : 659
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Nyphona ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 86 [ div ]details
Nyphona ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 86
General information
- remark