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- List of species
- Taxa, synonyms
- Bibliography
Monochamus
Monochamus is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Monochamus Dejean, 1821
P.F. Dejean is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Cerambyx sutor Linnaeus, 1758.
Monochamus Dejean, 1821 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Monochamus has 115 species and subspecies (98 species plus 17 non-nominal subspecies). This genus is ranked in the tribe Lamiini.
Classification
Region
World [115]

Distribution for species of Monochamus
Group
Monochamus [115]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Monochamus, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Monochamus olivaceus, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, Gabon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MO-Monochamus-olivaceus-m-jpr21414ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Gabon
![Monochamus maruokai, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, Ryukyu](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMonomanu17799i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Ryukyu
![Monochamus maruokai, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, Ryukyu](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMonomanu17798i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Ryukyu
![Monochamus guerryi, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, South China (Yunnan)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMonoguer2374i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
South China (Yunnan)
![Monochamus guerryi, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, South China (Yunnan)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMonoguer2373i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
South China (Yunnan)
![Monochamus notatus, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, North Eastern United States (Massachusetts)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMononota14575i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
North Eastern United States (Massachusetts)
![Monochamus obtusus obtusus, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, Western United States (California)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMonoobtu14344i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
Western United States (California)
![Monochamus sartor sartor, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, France](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOMonosart13151i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
France
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography
List of species
115 species and subspecies (98 species plus 17 non-nominal subspecies)
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Monochamus abruptus Holzschuh, 2015
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Monochamus affinis Breuning, 1938
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Monochamus alboapicalis (Pic, 1934)
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Monochamus alboscutellaris Breuning, 1977
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Monochamus alternatus alternatus Hope, 1842
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Monochamus alternatus endai Makihara, 2004
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Monochamus amaitus Thomson
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Monochamus atrocoeruleogriseus Gilmour, 1956
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Monochamus basifossulatus Breuning, 1938
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Monochamus basigranulatus Breuning, 1952
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Monochamus basilewskyi Breuning, 1952
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Monochamus bialbomaculatus Breuning, 1948
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Monochamus bimaculatus Gahan, 1888
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Monochamus binigromaculatus Breuning, 1959
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Monochamus blairi (Breuning, 1936)
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Monochamus bootangensis Breuning, 1947
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Monochamus borchmanni Breuning, 1959
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Monochamus burgeoni Breuning, 1935
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Monochamus carolinensis (Olivier, 1792)
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Monochamus clamator clamator LeConte, 1852
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Monochamus clamator latus Casey, 1924
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Monochamus clamator linsleyi Dillon & Dillon, 1941
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Monochamus clamator nevadensis Dillon & Dillon, 1941
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Monochamus clamator rubigineus Bates, 1880
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Monochamus conradti Breuning, 1961
Taxa, synonyms
2 taxa refer to Monochamus
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Monochamus Dejean, 1821 [ sp. type : Cerambyx sutor Linnaeus, 1758 ]
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Ceratades Gistel, 1834
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Monochamus Dejean • Crevot • 1821 : 106 [ nov ]
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Ceratades Gistel • Ins. Doubl. Samml. Jenison Walworth, Käfer • 1834 : 29 [ nov ]
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Monohammus ; Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 340
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Monochamus ; Audinet-Serville • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1835 • 1 (4) : 91
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Monohammus ; Gistel • Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung • 1848 : 43
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Monochamus ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 174 [ div syn ]
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Monochamus ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1858 • 1 : 444 [ div ]
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Monochamus ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 94, 97
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Monochamus ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 80, 381 [ syn ]
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Monochamus = Monochamus ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 80 [ syn ]
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Monochamus ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1866 • 3 (3) 3 : 292 [ div ]details
Monochamus ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1866 • 3 (3) 3 : 292
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
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Monochamus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 414 [ syn ]
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Monochamus ; Breuning • Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. • 1948 • 24 (38) : 7, 8 [ key ]details
Monochamus ; Breuning • Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. • 1948 • 24 (38) : 7, 8
General information
- key update element
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Monochamus ; Breuning • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1952 • 46 (1-2) : 168 [ key ]details
Monochamus ; Breuning • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1952 • 46 (1-2) : 168
General information
- key update element
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Monochamus ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 3 [ key div ]details
Monochamus ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 3
General information
- description ; distinctive characters ; regional key
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Monochamus ; Dillon & Dillon • Bull. Brooklyn Mus. Nat. Hist. • 1961 • 2 (3) : 61
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Monochamus ; Vives • Fna. Iberica • 2000 • 12 : 435, 640 [ key syn ]
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Monochamus = Ceratades ; Vives • Fna. Iberica • 2000 • 12 : 640
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Monochamus ; Brustel & al. • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 2003 • 38 (4) : 453 [ div ]details
Monochamus ; Brustel & al. • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 2003 • 38 (4) : 453
General information
- remark
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Monochamus ; Ohbayashi & al. • Spec. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Col. • 2009 • 7 : 317, 323 [ div ]details
Monochamus ; Ohbayashi & al. • Spec. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Col. • 2009 • 7 : 317, 323
General information
- remark