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Classification
Region
Group
Gallery
Key to subgroups
Implemented key
List of species
Taxa, synonyms
Bibliography

Megalofrea

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

Megalofrea Aurivillius, 1920

C. Aurivillius is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Phymasterna humeralis Vollenhoven, 1869.

Megalofrea Aurivillius, 1920 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Megalofrea has 5 species. This genus is 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
	22,054 sp/ssp.
tribe subtribe
Ceroplesini Crossotina
	421 sp/ssp.
genus
Megalofrea
5 sp.

Region

World [5]

Distribution for species of Megalofrea

Group

Megalofrea [5]

Subgroup of

Subdivided into 5 species

Gallery

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

Megalofrea bioculata, ♂ [JPRC], Crossotina, Madagascar — *Megalofrea bioculata*
♂ [JPRC]
*Crossotina*
Madagascar

Megalofrea humeralis, ♀ [JPRC], Crossotina, Madagascar — *Megalofrea humeralis*
♀ [JPRC]
*Crossotina*
Madagascar

Megalofrea decorsii, ♀ [JPRC], Crossotina, Madagascar — *Megalofrea decorsii*
♀ [JPRC]
*Crossotina*
Madagascar

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Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section

key of Megalofrea • see Breuning, 1957
key of Megalofrea • see Breuning, 1942

Implemented key

proposed key to select

a) Key to species adapted from (Breuning,1957) • not translated

possible resulting taxa

List of species

5 species

Megalofrea bioculata (Fairmaire, 1889)

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Megalofrea cinerascens (Fairmaire, 1901)

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Megalofrea decorsii (Fairmaire, 1901)

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Megalofrea humeralis (Vollenhoven, 1869)

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Megalofrea sparsuticollis (Fairmaire, 1897)

Taxa, synonyms

1 taxon refers to Megalofrea

Megalofrea Aurivillius, 1920 [ sp. type : Phymasterna humeralis Vollenhoven, 1869 ]

Bibliography

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

Megalofrea Aurivillius • Ark. Zool. • 1920 • 13 (9) : 21 [ nov ]
Megalofrea ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (72-84) : 9, 13, 43 [ key div ]

details
Megalofrea ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (72-84) : 9, 13, 43

General information
- description ; distinctive characters ; key
Megalofrea ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 24, 72 [ key div ]

details
Megalofrea ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 24, 72

General information
- description ; distinctive characters ; key

Plate in gallery Box in collection