Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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  • Gallery
  • Key to subgroups
  • List of species
  • Taxa, synonyms
  • Bibliography

Murosternum

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

Murosternum Jordan, 1894

K. Jordan is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Chariesthes dalmanni Chevrolat, 1858.

Murosternum Jordan, 1894 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Murosternum has 6 species and subspecies (5 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies). This genus is ranked in the Tragocephalini tribe of Lamiinae.

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
21,820 sp/ssp.
tribe
Tragocephalini
277 sp/ssp.
genus
Murosternum
5 sp. + 1 non-nominal subsp.

Group

Gallery

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

Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum, ♀ [JPRC], Tragocephalini, Gabon
Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum
♀ [JPRC]
Tragocephalini
Gabon
Murosternum pentagonale, ♀ [JPRC], Tragocephalini, Cameroon
Murosternum pentagonale
♀ [JPRC]
Tragocephalini
Cameroon
Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum, ♀ [JPRC], Tragocephalini, Ivory Coast
Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum
♀ [JPRC]
Tragocephalini
Ivory Coast
Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum, ♀ [JPRC], Tragocephalini, Ivory Coast
Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum
♀ [JPRC]
Tragocephalini
Ivory Coast
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Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography

  • key of Murosternum • see Breuning, 1934

List of species

6 species and subspecies (5 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies)

  • Murosternum mocquerysi Jordan, 1894
  • Murosternum molitor Jordan, 1894
  • Murosternum paramolitor Breuning, 1968
  • Murosternum pentagonale Jordan, 1894
    fig.
  • Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum (Dalman, 1817)
    fig.
  • Murosternum pulchellum viridescens Breuning, 1970

Taxa, synonyms

1 taxon refers to Murosternum

  • Murosternum Jordan, 1894 [ sp. type : Chariesthes dalmanni Chevrolat, 1858 ]

Bibliography

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

  • Murosternum Jordan • Novit. Zool. • 1894 • 1 (1)  : 215 [ nov ]
  • Murosternum ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13)  : 10, 16, 62 [ key div ]
Plate in gallery Box in collection
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