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Petrognatha gigas
Petrognatha gigas is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793)
J.C. Fabricius is the author of the original taxon.
Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.
The species is combined with the Petrognatha genus ranked in the Petrognathini 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 | |
20,351 sp. | |
tribe | |
Petrognathini | |
14 sp. | |
genus | |
Petrognatha | |
1 sp. | |
species | |
gigas | |
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Petrognatha gigas...
Distribution for Petrognatha gigas
Group
gigas [1]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images posted online



♂
Petrognathini
Ivory Coast

♀
Petrognathini
R. D. Congo

♂
Petrognathini
Ivory Coast
Taxa, synonyms
3 taxa refer to Petrognatha gigas...
3 taxa refer to Petrognatha gigas
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Lamia gigas Fabricius, 1793
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Petrognatha gigas var. spinosa Kolbe, 1894
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Petrognatha gigas var. spinosissima Garcia, 1921
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data...
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Lamia gigas Fabricius • Hafniae, Proft • 1793 • 1, 2 : 265 [ nov ]
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Cerambyx gigas ; Olivier • Ent. • 1795 • 4, 67 : 59 [ ill ]
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Omacantha gigas ; Audinet-Serville • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1835 • 1, 4 : 89 [ des ]
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Lamia gigas ; Blanchard • Dict. Hist. Nat. Col. • 1849 [ ill ]
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Lamia gigas ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 83
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Petrognatha gigas var. spinosa Kolbe • Stett. ent. Ztg. • 1894 • 55 : 39 [ nov ]
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Petrognatha gigas ; Heyne & Taschenberg • Exot. Käf. • 1908 • 25-26 : 243 [ ill ]
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Petrognatha gigas var. spinosa ; Schouteden • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1927 • 4, 2 : 44 [ loc ]
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Petrognatha gigas ; Lepesme • Longicornia • 1950 • 1 : 589 [ ill ]
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Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning • Longicornia • 1956 • 3 : 361 [ ill div ]
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Petrognatha gigas m. spinosa ; Breuning • Longicornia • 1956 • 3 : 362 [ div syn ]
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Petrognatha gigas var. spinosa = Petrognatha gigas var. spinosissima ; Breuning • Longicornia • 1956 • 3 : 362
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Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning • Ann. Mus. roy. Afr. Centrale • 1968 • 165 : 312 [ loc ]details
Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning • Ann. Mus. roy. Afr. Centrale • 1968 • 165 : 312
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire : Divo ; Bingerville
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Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning & Villiers • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1972 • 34, A, 2 : 362 [ loc ]details
Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning & Villiers • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1972 • 34, A, 2 : 362
Distribution
- Sénégambie, Sénégal : Dakar, Sébikotane, Bambey
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Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning & Teocchi • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1985 • 44, A, 1-2 : 154 [ ill ]details
Petrognatha gigas ; Breuning & Teocchi • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1985 • 44, A, 1-2 : 154
General information
- black and white drawing, part
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Petrognatha gigas ; Coulibaly & al. • IIRSDA, coll. entom. • 1989 • 6 : 19 [ loc ]details
Petrognatha gigas ; Coulibaly & al. • IIRSDA, coll. entom. • 1989 • 6 : 19
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire : Adiopodoumé
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Petrognatha gigas ; Adlbauer & Beck • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2017 • n.s., 28 : 10 [ loc ill ]details
Petrognatha gigas ; Adlbauer & Beck • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2017 • n.s., 28 : 10
General information
- color photo, ♀
Distribution
- Sénégal
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Ghana
- Togo
- Benin
- Nigeria
- R. Centrafricaine
- Kamerun
- Gabun
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Kongo-Kinshasa
- Angola
- Aethiopien : 30 km S Jima, SNNPR, prov. Kaffa
- Uganda
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography...
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- Cerambyx gigas (Fabricius, 1793) • see Olivier, 1795
- Lamia gigas Fabricius, 1793 • see Blanchard, 1849
- Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793) • see Heyne & Taschenberg, 1908
- Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793) • see Lepesme, 1950
- Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793) • see Breuning, 1956
- Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793) • see Breuning & Teocchi, 1985
- ♀ of Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793) • see Adlbauer & Beck, 2017
Collection
3 specimens in author's collection...
3 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Cocody • 1♂ • 51 mm • xi-1996 • lam.#2821
- Zaïre • 1♂1♀ • 53-56 mm • lam.#1557, 1558