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Herophila
Herophila is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Herophila Mulsant, 1863
E. Mulsant is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Dorcadion fairmairei Thomson, 1857.
Herophila Mulsant, 1863 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Herophila has 4 species plus 2 non-nominal subspecies. The genus is ranked in the Phrissomini 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 | |
Phrissomini | |
129 sp. | |
genus | |
Herophila | |
4 sp. |
Region

Distribution for species of Herophila
Group
Herophila
Subgroup of
Subdivided into 4 species
Gallery
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Phrissomini
France

♂
Phrissomini
France
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List of species
6 species and subspecies (4 species and 2 non-nominal subspecies)
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Herophila fairmairei (Thomson, 1857)
- Grèce, Parnassos, 2200m • 1♀ • 23.5 mm • vi-1991 • lam.#293
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Herophila moreana Rapuzzi & Sama, 2018
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Herophila tristis martinascoi (Contarini & Garagnani, 1983)
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Herophila tristis tristis (Linnaeus, 1767)image
- France, Gard (30), Générac • 1♀ • 21 mm • v-1988 • lam.#835
- France, Gard (30), Nîmes (garrigues) • 1♂ • 19 mm • v-1987 • lam.#828
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Herophila veluchiana (Breuning, 1943)
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Herophila veluchiana zajecarense (Breuning, 1948)
Taxa, synonyms
2 taxa refer to Herophila
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Lamia (Herophila) Mulsant, 1863 [ sp. type : Dorcadion fairmairei Thomson, 1857 ]
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Dorcatypus Thomson, 1864 [ sp. type : Dorcadion fairmairei Thomson, 1857 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Lamia (Herophila) Mulsant • Ed. Magnin, Blanchard & Cie • 1863 • ed. 2, 1 : 273 [ nov ]
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Dorcatypus Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 77, 379 [ nov div syn ]
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Dorcatypus = Herophila ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 327
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Herophila ; Sama • Boll. Soc. ent. it. • 1991 • 123, 2 : 126 [ div syn ]
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Lamia (Herophila) = Dorcatypus ; Sama • Boll. Soc. ent. it. • 1991 • 123, 2 : 126