Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Mecas femoralis

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


Mecas femoralis (Haldeman, 1847)

S.S. Haldeman is the author of the original taxon.

The type specimen used for original description is cited from Continental United States.

Mecas femoralis (Haldeman, 1847) 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
femoralis


Region



Group

femoralis  [1]

Subgroup of



Taxa, synonyms

1 taxon refers to Mecas femoralis

  • Phytoecia femoralis Haldeman, 1847 [ type locality : United States ]


Bibliography

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

  • Phytoecia femoralis Haldeman • Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. • 1847 • 2 (10)  : 57 [ nov loc ]
  • Oberea femoralis ; LeConte • J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. • 1852 • 2 (2)  : 153
  • Mecas femoralis ; LeConte • J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. • 1852 • 2 (2)  : 155 [ loc ]
  • Mecas femoralis ; Leng • Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. • 1896 • 23  : 152, 153 [ loc ]
  • Mecas (Mecas) femoralis ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 165


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