Moneilema gigas

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

Moneilema gigas LeConte, 1873

J.L. LeConte is the author of the original taxon.

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

Moneilema gigas LeConte, 1873 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the genus Moneilema ranked in the tribe Acanthocinini.

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
	21,937 sp/ssp.
tribe
Acanthocinini
	2,230 sp/ssp.
genus
Moneilema
	21 sp/ssp.
species
gigas

Region

World [1]

Distribution for Moneilema gigas

Group

gigas [1]

Subgroup of

Taxa, synonyms

9 taxa refer to Moneilema gigas

Monilema gigas LeConte, 1873 [ type locality : USA, Arizona ]
Moneilema spinicollis Casey, 1891 [ type locality : USA, Arizona ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) constricta Casey, 1913 [ type locality : USA, Arizona ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) pimalis Casey, 1913 [ type locality : USA, Arizona, Tucson ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) pollens Casey, 1913 [ type locality : USA, Arizona ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) uteana Casey, 1913 [ type locality : USA, Utah ]
Moneilema giganteum Craighead, 1923 [ type locality : USA, Arizona, near Tucson ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) colossus Casey, 1924 [ type locality : USA, Arizona, near Tucson ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) plectralis Casey, 1924 [ type locality : USA, Arizona, near Tucson ]

Bibliography

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

Monilema gigas LeConte • Smithson. Misc. Colls. • 1873 • 11 (264) : 230 [ nov loc ]
Monilema (Collapteryx) gigas ; Horn • Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. • 1885 • 12 : 183, 185
Moneilema spinicollis Casey • Ann. New York Acad. Sci. • 1891 • 6 : 45 [ nov loc ]
Moneilema gigas ; Casey • Ann. New York Acad. Sci. • 1891 • 6 : 46
Moneilema (Collapteryx) constricta Casey • Mem. Coleopt. • 1913 • 4 : 285 [ nov loc ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) pimalis Casey • Mem. Coleopt. • 1913 • 4 : 285 [ nov loc ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) uteana Casey • Mem. Coleopt. • 1913 • 4 : 285 [ nov loc ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) pollens Casey • Mem. Coleopt. • 1913 • 4 : 286 [ nov loc ]
Moneilema (Collapteryx) spinicollis ; Casey • Mem. Coleopt. • 1913 • 4 : 286
Moneilema (Collapteryx) gigas ; Casey • Mem. Coleopt. • 1913 • 4 : 290
Moneilema (Collapteryx) gigas uteana ; Leng • Mount Vernon • 1920 : 281
Moneilema (Collapteryx) gigas pollens ; Leng • Mount Vernon • 1920 : 281
Moneilema (Collapteryx) gigas constricta ; Leng • Mount Vernon • 1920 : 281
Moneilema (Collapteryx) gigas pimalis ; Leng • Mount Vernon • 1920 : 281
Moneilema (Collapteryx) gigas spinicollis ; Leng • Mount Vernon • 1920 : 281
Moneilema (Collapteryx) pimale ; Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73 : 20
Moneilema (Collapteryx) spinicolle ; Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73 : 20
Moneilema (Collapteryx) pallens ; Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73 : 20
Moneilema (Collapteryx) uteanum ; Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73 : 20
Moneilema (Collapteryx) constrictum ; Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73 : 20

Collection

1 specimen in author's collection

Datas on labels

USA, Arizona, Pima Co., Green Valley • 1♂ • 25.5 mm • vii-2009 • lam.#14573

Plate in gallery Box in collection