Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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

Nyctimenius

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


Nyctimenius Gressitt, 1951

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

The type species is Nyctimene agriloides Thomson, 1857.

Nyctimenius Gressitt, 1951 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Nyctimenius has 8 species. This genus is ranked in the Nyctimeniini 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
Nyctimeniini
8 sp.
genus
Nyctimenius
8 sp.


Key to subgroups

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

  • key of Nyctimenius • see Breuning, 1970
  • key of Nyctimene • see Aurivillius, 1922


Implemented key

proposed key to select

  • a) Partial key to species adapted from (Breuning,1970) • not translated


List of species

8 species

  • Nyctimenius chiangi Huang & al., 2014
  • Nyctimenius mamutensis (Hayashi, 1975)
  • Nyctimenius ochraceovittatus (Aurivillius, 1922)
  • Nyctimenius palawanicus (Aurivillius, 1922)
  • Nyctimenius sabahensis (Hayashi, 1975)
  • Nyctimenius subsericeus (Pascoe, 1866)
  • Nyctimenius tristis (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Nyctimenius varicornis (Fabricius, 1801)


Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Nyctimenius

  • Nyctimene Thomson, 1857 [ sp. type : Nyctimene agriloides Thomson, 1857 ]
  • Nyctimenius Gressitt, 1951 [ sp. type : Nyctimene agriloides Thomson, 1857 ]


Bibliography

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

  • Eusebis Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4  : 331 [ nov ]
  • Nyctimene Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1  : 314 [ nov div ]
  • Nyctimene ; Thomson • Paris • 1860  : 61 [ div syn ]
  • Nyctimene = Eusebis ; Thomson • Paris • 1860  : 61
  • Nyctimene ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19  : 94, 388
  • Nyctimene ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1866 • 3 (3) 3  : 329, 330 [ div ]
    details

    Nyctimene ; Pascoe • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1866 • 3 (3) 3 : 329, 330

    General information

    • description ; distinctive characters
  • Nyctimene ; Aurivillius • Ark. Zool. • 1922 • 14 (18)  : 20 [ key ]
    details

    Nyctimene ; Aurivillius • Ark. Zool. • 1922 • 14 (18) : 20

    General information

    • key
  • Nyctimenius Gressitt • Paris, Paul Lechevalier • 1951 • 2  : 629 [ nov syn ]
  • Nyctimenius = Nyctimene ; Gressitt • Paris, Paul Lechevalier • 1951 • 2  : 629
  • Nyctimenius ; Breuning • Bull. Ann. Soc.R. Ent. Belg. • 1970 • 106  : 77 [ key div ]
    details

    Nyctimenius ; Breuning • Bull. Ann. Soc.R. Ent. Belg. • 1970 • 106 : 77

    General information

    • description ; key
  • Eusebis ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282  : 81 [ div ]
    details

    Eusebis ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 81

    General information

    • remark