Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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Mecas ambigena

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

Mecas ambigena Bates, 1881

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

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

Mecas ambigena 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
22,152 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,658 sp/ssp.
genus
Mecas
18 sp/ssp.
species
ambigena

Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Mecas ambigena

Group

ambigena  [1]

Subgroup of

Latest events

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

Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Mecas ambigena

  • Mecas ambigenus Bates, 1881 [ type locality : Mexico ]
  • Mecas pseudambigena Breuning, 1955 [ type locality : Mexique ]

Bibliography

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

  • Mecas ambigenus Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1881 • 5  : 203 [ nov loc ]
  • Oberea ambigenus ; Lameere • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1883 • 26  : 70
  • Mecas ambigenus ; Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1885 • 5  : 426 [ loc ]
  • Mecas ambigena ; Aurivillius • Junk-Schenkling, Col. Cat. • 1923 • 74  : 538
  • Mecas pseudambigena Breuning • Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1955 • 27  : 147 [ nov loc ]
  • Mecas (Mecas) ambigena ; Chemsak & Linsley • Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. • 1973 • ser. 5, 39 (12)  : 173 [ loc ]
  • Mecas (Callusocollis) ambigena ; Ozdikmen • Munis Ent. Zool. • 2025 • 20 (2)  : 2960
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