Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Oeax pygmaeus

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


Oeax pygmaeus (Kolbe, 1894)

H.J. Kolbe is the author of the original taxon.

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

Oeax pygmaeus (Kolbe, 1894) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the Oeax genus ranked in the Ancylonotini 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
Ancylonotini
165 sp/ssp.
genus
Oeax
18 sp/ssp.
species
pygmaeus


Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Oeax pygmaeus



Group

pygmaeus  [1]

Subgroup of



Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Oeax pygmaeus

  • Trachytus pygmaeus Kolbe, 1894 [ type locality : Deutsch-Ostafrika, Usambara, Derema ]
  • Pseudoeax orientalis Breuning, 1938 [ type locality : Kenya Colony, Mengo ]


Bibliography

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

  • Trachytus pygmaeus Kolbe • Stett. ent. Ztg. • 1894 • 54  : 263 [ nov loc ]
  • Oeax pygmaeus ; Jordan • Novit. Zool. • 1903 • 10 (2)  : 156 [ loc div ]
    details

    Oeax pygmaeus ; Jordan • Novit. Zool. • 1903 • 10 (2) : 156

    General information

    • distinctive characters

    Distribution

    • German East Africa
  • Pseudoeax orientalis Breuning • Festschr. E. Strand • 1938 • 4  : 216 [ nov loc div des ]
  • Oeax pygmaeus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (40-46)  : 324, 350 [ div ]
    details

    Oeax pygmaeus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (40-46) : 324, 350

    General information

    • distinctive characters

    Distribution

    • Tanganyika : Derema, Usambara
  • Pseudoeax orientalis ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (40-46)  : 324, 351 [ div ]
    details

    Pseudoeax orientalis ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 9 (40-46) : 324, 351

    General information

    • description

    Distribution

    • Colonie du Kénia : Mengo
  • Oeax pygmaeus ; Teocchi • Lambillionea • 1998 • 98 (1)  : 155 [ syn ]
    details

    Oeax pygmaeus ; Teocchi • Lambillionea • 1998 • 98 (1) : 155

    General information

    • synonymy
  • Trachytus pygmaeus = Pseudoeax orientalis ; Teocchi • Lambillionea • 1998 • 98 (1)  : 155
  • Oeax pygmaeus ; Teocchi & Sudre • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2003 • 20  : 16 [ loc div ]
    details

    Oeax pygmaeus ; Teocchi & Sudre • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2003 • 20 : 16

    General information

    • distinctive characters

    Distribution

    • Cameroun : Ebogo ; Menguemé
    • Tanganyika : Derema, Usambara
    • Tanzanie : Rau Forest
    • R. S. Africa : 30 km au nord de Kokstad


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