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Mecas obereoides

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

Mecas obereoides Bates, 1881

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

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

Mecas obereoides Bates, 1881 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
22,146 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,658 sp/ssp.
genus
Mecas
18 sp/ssp.
species
obereoides

Group

obereoides  [1]

Subgroup of

Latest events

  • 2025 • Mecas (Callusocollis) obereoides Bates, 1881 • cf. H. Özdikmen

Taxa, synonyms

5 taxa refer to Mecas obereoides

  • Mecas laminata Bates, 1881 [ type locality : Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba ]
  • Mecas obereoides Bates, 1881 [ type locality : Mexico, Cuernavaca ]
  • Mecas laminata m. discoimpunctata Breuning, 1955 [ type locality : Mexique ]
  • Mecas laminata m. discopunctata Breuning, 1955 [ type locality : Mexique ]
  • Mecas laminata m. rufobasalis Breuning, 1955 [ type locality : Mexique ]

Bibliography

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

  • Dylobolus obereoides ; Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5 [ ill ]
  • Mecas obereoides Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5  : 204 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas laminata Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5  : 204 [ nov loc ]
  • Oberea obereoides ; Lameere • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1883 • 26  : 71
  • Oberea laminata ; Lameere • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1883 • 26  : 71
  • Mecas laminata ; Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1885 • 5  : 427 [ loc ]
  • Mecas laminata m. discopunctata Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 150 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas laminata m. rufobasalis Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 150 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas laminata m. discoimpunctata Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 150 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas (Mecas) obereoides ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 159 [ loc ]
  • Mecas obereoides ; Chemsak & Noguera • Folia Entomol. Mex. • 1993 • 89  : 69 [ loc ]
  • Mecas oberoides ; Noguera & Chemsak • Univ. Nac. Auton. México • 1996  : 407
  • Mecas (Mecas) obereoides ; Noguera & Gutiérrez • The Coleopts. Bull. • 2016 • 70 (3)  : 662 [ loc ]
  • Mecas obereoides ; Lagos Ordoñez & Nápoles • Folia Entomol. Mex. • 2024 • n.s., 10  : 37 [ loc plh ]
  • Mecas obereoides ; Martínez-Hernández & al. • Zootaxa • 2024 • 5405 (2)  : 206 [ div ]
    details

    Mecas obereoides ; Martínez-Hernández & al. • Zootaxa • 2024 • 5405 (2) : 206

    General information

    • fauna

    Distribution

    • Mexico, Oaxaca
  • Mecas (Callusocollis) obereoides ; Ozdikmen • Munis Ent. Zool. • 2025 • 20 (2)  : 2961

Figures

Some references with images to see in bibliography

  • Dylobolus obereoides (Bates, 1881) • see Bates, 1881
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