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Mecas cana cana

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


Mecas cana cana (Newman, 1840)

E. Newman is the author of the original taxon.

The type specimen used for original description is cited from Florida.

Mecas cana cana (Newman, 1840) is the full name of the group-subspecies in the taxonomic classification system.

The group is the nominal subdivision of Mecas cana, species combined with the genus Mecas ranked in the tribe Saperdini.


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
22,044 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,651 sp/ssp.
genus
Mecas
18 sp/ssp.
species
cana
2 ssp.
subspecies
cana


Group

(cana)  [1]

Subgroup of



Latest events

  • 2025 • Mecas (Callusocollis) cana cana (Newman, 1840) • cf. H. Ă–zdikmen


Taxa, synonyms

1 taxon refers to Mecas cana cana

  • Saperda cana Newman, 1840 [ type locality : USA, Florida, St. John's Bluff ]


Bibliography

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

  • Saperda cana Newman • The Entomologist • 1840 • 1  : 12 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas cana ; Gahan • Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. • 1888 • 15  : 300
  • Mecas (Mecas) cana ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 177
  • Mecas (Mecas) cana cana ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 178 [ loc ]
  • Mecas cana cana ; Linsley & Chemsak • Univ. Calif. Press • 1997 • 117  : 394
  • Mecas (Mecas) cana cana ; Klingeman & al. • Florida Entomol. • 2017 • 100 (2)  : 299 [ loc ]
  • Mecas (Callusocollis) cana cana ; Ozdikmen • Munis Ent. Zool. • 2025 • 20 (2)  : 2960


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