Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Megalofrea cinerascens

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


Megalofrea cinerascens (Fairmaire, 1901)

L. Fairmaire is the author of the original taxon.

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

Megalofrea cinerascens (Fairmaire, 1901) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the genus Megalofrea ranked in the subtribe Crossotina.


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
21,981 sp/ssp.
tribe subtribe
Ceroplesini Crossotina
421 sp/ssp.
genus
Megalofrea
5 sp.
species
cinerascens


Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Megalofrea cinerascens



Group

cinerascens  [1]

Subgroup of



Gallery

Last images of Megalofrea Cinerascens, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection

Megalofrea cinerascens, ♂ [JPRC],  Crossotina, Madagascar
Megalofrea cinerascens
♂ [JPRC]
Crossotina
Madagascar
Megalofrea cinerascens, ♀ [JPRC],  Crossotina, Madagascar
Megalofrea cinerascens
♀ [JPRC]
Crossotina
Madagascar
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Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Megalofrea cinerascens

  • Eumimetes cinerascens Fairmaire, 1901 [ type locality : Madagascar, Plateau de l'Androy ]
  • Megalofrea parasparsuticollis Breuning, 1971 [ type locality : Madagascar, Région de Tuléar, Septs Lacs ]


Bibliography

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

  • Eumimetes cinerascens Fairmaire • Not. Leyd. Mus. • 1901 • 23  : 81 [ nov loc ]
  • Megalofrea cinerascens ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (72-84)  : 13, 45 [ div ]
    details

    Megalofrea cinerascens ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (72-84) : 13, 45

    General information

    • description ; distinctive characters

    Distribution

    • Madagascar (Sud) : Plateau de l'Androy
  • Megalofrea cinerascens ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4  : 72, 78 [ loc div ]
    details

    Megalofrea cinerascens ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 72, 78

    General information

    • description ; distinctive characters

    Distribution

    • Madagascar, Sud
    • Madagascar : Androy
  • Megalofrea parasparsuticollis Breuning • Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. • 1971 • ser. 2, 42 (4)  : 666 [ nov loc div ]
    details

    Megalofrea parasparsuticollis Breuning • Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. • 1971 • ser. 2, 42 (4) : 666

    General information

    • distinctive characters
    • new taxon/name

    Distribution

    • [locality type] Madagascar (Sud) : Région de Tuléar, Septs Lacs
    • Madagascar (Sud) : Ambovombe
  • Eumimetes cinerascens = Megalofrea parasparsuticollis ; Adlbauer • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 1999 • 31 (2)  : 626
  • Megalofrea cinerascens ; Adlbauer • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 1999 • 31 (2)  : 626 [ ill syn ]


Figures

Some references with images to see in bibliography

  • ♀ of Megalofrea cinerascens (Fairmaire, 1901) • see Adlbauer, 1999


Collection

4 specimens in author's collection

image of author's collection

Datas on labels

  • Madagascar, Androy, Besely • 1♂1♀ • 17-18.5 mm • i-1992 • lam.#2899, 2900
  • Madagascar, Moramanga • 2♀ • 19 mm • xii-2007 • lam.#14643, 14644