Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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Mecas cinerea

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

Mecas cinerea (Newman, 1840)

E. Newman is the author of the original taxon.

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

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

The species is 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
22,164 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,657 sp/ssp.
genus
Mecas
18 sp/ssp.
species
cinerea

Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Mecas cinerea

Group

cinerea  [1]

Subgroup of

Latest events

  • 2025 • Mecas (Callusocollis) cinerea (Newman, 1840) • cf. H. Özdikmen

Taxa, synonyms

4 taxa refer to Mecas cinerea

  • Saperda cinerea Newman, 1840 [ type locality : Mexico ]
  • Mecas rubripes Bates, 1881 [ type locality : Mexique ]
  • Mecas senescens Bates, 1881 [ type locality : Mexico, Hidalgo, Zimapan ]
  • Mecas rubripes m. callosoreducta Breuning, 1955 [ type locality : Mexique ]

Bibliography

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

  • Saperda cinerea Newman • The Entomologist • 1840 • 1  : 13 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas rubripes Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5  : 203 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas senescens Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5  : 203 [ nov loc ]
  • Oberea senescens ; Lameere • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1883 • 26  : 71
  • Oberea rubripes ; Lameere • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1883 • 26  : 71
  • Mecas cinerea ; Gahan • Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. • 1888 • 15  : 300
  • Mecas rubripes m. callosoreducta Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 143 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas cinerea ; Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 145 [ loc ]
  • Mecas (Mecas) cinerea ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 167 [ loc ]
  • Mecas cinerea ; Noguera & Chemsak • Univ. Nac. Auton. México • 1996  : 407 [ loc ]
  • Mecas cinerea ; Ordonez-Resendiz & Martinez-Ramos • Ent. Mex. • 2017 • 4  : 828 [ loc ]
  • Mecas (Callusocollis) cinerea ; Ozdikmen • Munis Ent. Zool. • 2025 • 20 (2)  : 2960
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