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.

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
21,934 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,644 sp/ssp.
genus
Mecas
18 sp/ssp.
species
cinerea


Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Mecas cinerea



Group

cinerea  [1]

Subgroup of



Taxa, synonyms

4 taxa refer to Mecas cinerea

  • Saperda cinerea Newman, 1840
  • 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 ]
  • 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 ]


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