Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Mispila obscura

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


Mispila (Mispila) obscura Gahan, 1890

C.J. Gahan is the author of the original taxon.

The type specimen used for original description is cited from Nilghiri Hills.

Mispila (Mispila) obscura Gahan, 1890 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the genus Mispila ranked in the tribe Pteropliini.


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
21,904 sp/ssp.
tribe
Pteropliini
2,134 sp/ssp.
genus
Mispila
43 sp/ssp.
subgenus
Mispila
36 sp/ssp.
species
obscura


Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Mispila obscura



Group

obscura  [1]

Subgroup of



Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Mispila obscura

  • Mispila obscura Gahan, 1890 [ type locality : Nilghiri Hills ]
  • Mispila (Mispila) madurensis Pic, 1925 [ type locality : Madura ]


Bibliography

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

  • Mispila obscura Gahan • The Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. • 1890 • 6 (5)  : 62 [ nov loc ]
  • Mispila (Mispila) obscura ; Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73  : 275
  • Mispila (Mispila) madurensis Pic • Mél. exot. Ent. • 1925 • 43  : 25 [ nov loc ]
  • Mispila (Mispila) obscura ; Breuning • Ent. Arb. Mus. Frey • 1963 • 14  : 473, 477 [ loc ]
  • Mispila obscura ; Kariyanna & al. • Zootaxa • 2017 • 4345 (1)  : 193 [ loc ]
  • Mispila (Mispila) obscura ; Xie & al. • Zootaxa • 2023 • 5352 (2)  : 252 [ ill div ]
    details

    Mispila (Mispila) obscura ; Xie & al. • Zootaxa • 2023 • 5352 (2) : 252

    General information

    • operation on type
    • color photo, lectotype, ♀ ; color photo, paralectotype, ♂ ; ...

    Distribution

    • Nilghiri Hills


Figures

Some references with images to see in bibliography

  • Paralectotype ♂, Lectotype ♀ of Mispila (Mispila) obscura Gahan, 1890 • see Xie & al., 2023


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