Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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

Opepharus

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

Opepharus Pascoe, 1868

F.P. Pascoe is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Opepharus signator Pascoe, 1868.

Opepharus Pascoe, 1868 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Opepharus has 3 species. This genus is ranked in the tribe Lamiini.

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
21,969 sp/ssp.
tribe
Lamiini
1,865 sp/ssp.
genus
Opepharus
3 sp.

Group

Opepharus  [3]

Subgroup of

Subdivided into 3 species

Gallery

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

Opepharus spectabilis, ♂, Lamiini, Kenya
Opepharus spectabilis
♂
Lamiini
Kenya
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Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography

  • key of Opepharus • see Dillon & Dillon, 1959

List of species

  • Opepharus asiaticus Hayashi, 1962
  • Opepharus spectabilis (Perroud, 1855)
    fig.
  • Opepharus tridentatus (Chevrolat, 1833)

Taxa, synonyms

3 taxa refer to Opepharus

  • Lophoptera Perroud, 1855 [ sp. type : Lophoptera spectabilis Perroud, 1855 ]
  • Opepharus Pascoe, 1868 [ sp. type : Opepharus signator Pascoe, 1868 ]
  • Opepharus (Zephyropepharus) Hayashi, 1962 [ sp. type : Opepharus (Zephyropepharus) asiaticus Hayashi, 1962 ]

Bibliography

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

  • Lophoptera Perroud • Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon • 1855 • 2 (2)  : 352 [ nov ]
  • Monochamus = Lophoptera ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19  : 80
  • Opepharus Pascoe • The Proc. Entomolog. Soc. Lond. • 1868  : xiii [ nov ]
  • Monochamus = Opepharus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1944 • 13 (107-137)  : 414
  • Opepharus ; Dillon & Dillon • Read. Pub. Mus. Art Gall. • 1959 • 9  : 7, 52 [ key div syn ]
    details

    Opepharus ; Dillon & Dillon • Read. Pub. Mus. Art Gall. • 1959 • 9 : 7, 52

    General information

    • description ; key
    • synonymy
  • Opepharus = Lophoptera ; Dillon & Dillon • Read. Pub. Mus. Art Gall. • 1959 • 9  : 52
  • Opepharus (Zephyropepharus) Hayashi • Ent. Rev. Japan • 1962 • 15 (1)  : 6 [ nov ]
  • Opepharus ; Zamoroka • Biosystems Diversity • 2025 • 33 (1)  : 4
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