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Opepharus spectabilis
Opepharus spectabilis is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Opepharus spectabilis (Perroud, 1855)
B.-P. Perroud is the author of the original taxon.
The type specimen used for original description is cited from Natal.
Opepharus spectabilis (Perroud, 1855) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.
The species is combined with the genus Opepharus ranked in the tribe Lamiini.
Classification
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Opepharus spectabilis
Group
spectabilis [1]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Opepharus Spectabilis, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection

♂
Lamiini
Kenya
Taxa, synonyms
5 taxa refer to Opepharus spectabilis
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Lophoptera spectabilis Perroud, 1855 [ type locality : Natal, intérieur du Natal ]
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Monohammus asperulus White, 1858 [ type locality : Port Natal ]
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Lophoptera fischeri Kolbe, 1898 [ type locality : Deutsch Ost-Afrika, Bagamoyo ]
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Lophoptera minor Kolbe, 1898 [ type locality : Sansibar ]
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Lophoptera spectabilis m. immaculipennis Breuning, 1954 [ type locality : Madagascar ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Lophoptera spectabilis Perroud • Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon • 1855 • 2 (2) : 355 [ nov loc des ]
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Monohammus asperulus White • Proc. Zool. Soc. London • 1858 • 26 : 411 [ nov loc ]
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Monochamus asperulus ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 98 [ syn ]
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Lophoptera minor Kolbe • Verlag v. Dietrich Reimer • 1898 : 308 [ nov loc ]
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Lophoptera fischeri Kolbe • Verlag v. Dietrich Reimer • 1898 : 308 [ nov loc ]
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Monochamus spectabilis ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 427 [ syn ]
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Lophoptera spectabilis = Lophoptera fischeri ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 427
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Lophoptera spectabilis = Lophoptera minor ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 427
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Lophoptera spectabilis = Monohammus asperulus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137) : 427
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Lophoptera spectabilis m. immaculipennis Breuning • Bull. Inst. roy. Sc.nat. Belg. • 1954 • 30 (11) : 6 [ nov loc ill ]
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Monochamus spectabilis ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 3, 6 [ loc div ]details
Monochamus spectabilis ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 3, 6
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
Distribution
- Madagascar, Est
- Madagascar, Ouest
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Monochamus spectabilis var. immaculipennis ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 3, 7 [ div ]details
Monochamus spectabilis var. immaculipennis ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 3, 7
General information
- distinctive characters
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Opepharus spectabilis ; Dillon & Dillon • Read. Pub. Mus. Art Gall. • 1959 • 9 : 53 [ loc div ]details
Opepharus spectabilis ; Dillon & Dillon • Read. Pub. Mus. Art Gall. • 1959 • 9 : 53
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
Distribution
- Port Natal
- Natal : Durbin
- French Congo : Brazzaville
- Tanganyika : Turiani ; Kigonsera ; Moski ; Ugala ; Ukerewe Is. Lake Victoria ; Morogoro ; Bagamoyo
- Zanzibar
- Nyassaland : Cholo
- Madagascar : Loucoubé ; Diego-Suarez ; Nossi-Be
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Monochamus spectabilis ; Adlbauer & al. • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 2008 • 40 (2) : 1172 [ loc ]details
Monochamus spectabilis ; Adlbauer & al. • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 2008 • 40 (2) : 1172
Distribution
- Sierra Leone
- R. Centrafricaine
- Kamerun
- Gabun
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Congo-Kinshasha
- Angola
- Ethiopia : Arba Minch, 1300-1500m
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Mocambique
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
- R. S. A.
- Madagaskar
- Komoren
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Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Delahaye • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2009 • 96 : 16 [ loc ]details
Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Delahaye • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2009 • 96 : 16
Distribution
- Zambie : Central Province et Lusaka
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Monochamus spectabilis ; Sakalian & Georgiev • Biodiv. J. • 2011 • 2 (2) : 70 [ loc ]details
Monochamus spectabilis ; Sakalian & Georgiev • Biodiv. J. • 2011 • 2 (2) : 70
Distribution
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Ethiopia
- Kenya : Malindi, Kipepeo Farm
- R. S. A.
- Madagascar
- Comores
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Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Adlbauer • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2013 • n.s., 12 : 31 [ loc ill ]details
Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Adlbauer • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2013 • n.s., 12 : 31
General information
- color photo, ♂ ; color photo, ♀
Distribution
- Sierra Leone
- R. Centrafricaine
- Kamerun
- Gabun
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Kongo-Kinshasa
- Angola
- Ethiopia
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Mocambique
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
- R. S. A.
- Namibia
- Madagaskar
- Komoren
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Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Adlbauer & Beck • Taita publ. • 2015 : 83 [ ill ]details
Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Adlbauer & Beck • Taita publ. • 2015 : 83
General information
- color photo, ♀ ; color photo, ♂
Distribution
- Sierra Leone
- R. Centrafricaine
- Kamerun
- Gabun
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Kongo-Kinshasa
- Angola
- Aethiopien
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Moçambique
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
- R. S. A.
- Madagaskar
- Komoren
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Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Gorring & Farrell • Molecular Phyl. Evol. • 2023 : 5 [ div ]details
Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis ; Gorring & Farrell • Molecular Phyl. Evol. • 2023 : 5
General information
- Phylogeny
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- Lophoptera spectabilis m. immaculipennis Breuning, 1954 • see Breuning, 1954
- ♂, ♀ of Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis (Perroud, 1855) • see Adlbauer, 2013
- ♂, ♀ of Monochamus (Opepharus) spectabilis (Perroud, 1855) • see Adlbauer & Beck, 2015
Collection
6 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- Comores, Anjouan, Nioumakélé • 1♀ • xi-1989 • lam.#10058
- Kenya, env. Diani, 2-7km S-SO. carrefour Ukunda • 1♂ • 21.5 mm • vii-2007 • lam.#9704
- Kenya, Segala Hills • 1♀ • xii-1993 • lam.#7877
- R. S. Africa, Natal, Sodwana Bay Nat. Park • 1♀ • xi-1986 • lam.#5772
- R. S. Africa, Natal, Vidal - Cmpgrd.- St. Lucia Park • 1♂ • xi-1986 • lam.#5773
- Tanzania, Ruvuma, near Songea • 1♂ • xii-1996 • lam.#7878