Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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  • Bibliography

Mecas ambigena

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

Mecas ambigena Bates, 1881

H.W. Bates is the author of the original taxon.

Mecas ambigena Bates, 1881 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the Mecas genus ranked in the Saperdini 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
21,823 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,635 sp/ssp.
genus
Mecas
18 sp/ssp.
species
ambigena

Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Mecas ambigena

Group

ambigena  [1]

Subgroup of

Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Mecas ambigena

Bibliography

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

  • Mecas ambigenus Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5  : 203 [ nov ]
  • Oberea ambigenus ; Lameere • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1883 • 26  : 70
  • Mecas ambigena ; Aurivillius • Junk-Schenkling, Col. Cat. • 1923 • 74  : 538
  • Mecas pseudambigena Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 147 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas (Mecas) ambigena ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 173
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