Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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Phytoecia (Opsilia)

Phytoecia (Opsilia) is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-

Phytoecia (Opsilia) Mulsant, 1863

E. Mulsant is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Opsilia flavicans Mulsant, 1863.

Phytoecia (Opsilia) Mulsant, 1863 is the full name of the group-subgenus in the taxonomic classification system.

Phytoecia (Opsilia) has 14 species and subspecies (13 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies). The subgenus is a subdivision of Phytoecia, genus ranked in the tribe Saperdini.

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
22,137 sp/ssp.
tribe
Saperdini
2,658 sp/ssp.
genus
Phytoecia
326 sp/ssp.
subgenus
Opsilia
13 sp. + 1 non-nominal subsp.

Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography

  • key of Opsilia • see Vives, 2000

Latest events

  • 2025 • Phytoecia (Opsilia) atripes Pic, 1922 • cf. M.A. Lazarev
  • 2025 • Phytoecia (Opsilia) murzini n. sp. • cf. M.A. Lazarev
  • 2025 • Phytoecia (Opsilia) stenostoloides Breuning, 1943 • cf. M.A. Lazarev

List of species

14 species and subspecies (13 species plus 1 non-nominal subspecies)

  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) aspericollis Holzschuh, 1981
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) atripes Pic, 1922
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) bucharica Breuning, 1943
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) chinensis Breuning, 1943
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) coerulescens coerulescens (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) coerulescens cretensis Breuning, 1947
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) irakensis Breuning, 1967
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) malachitica Lucas, 1849
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) murzini Lazarev, 2025
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) prasina Reitter, 1911
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) schurmanni Fuchs, 1971
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) stenostoloides Breuning, 1943
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) transcaspica Fuchs, 1955
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) varentzowi Semenov Tian-Shanskij, 1897

Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Phytoecia (Opsilia)

Bibliography

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

  • Opsilia Mulsant • Ed. Magnin, Blanchard & Cie • 1863 • ed. 2, 1  : 387 [ nov ]
  • Phytoecia = Opsilia ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19  : 120
  • Phytoecia (Hoplotoma) Perez-Arcas • An. Soc. esp. Hist. Nat. • 1874 • 3  : 151 [ nov ]
  • Opsilia ; Vives • Fna. Iberica • 2000 • 12  : 483, 486, 650 [ key ]
  • Phytoecia (Opsilia) ; Lazarev • Hum. Sp. Inter. Alm. • 2024 • 13 (5)  : 419 [ div ]
    details

    Phytoecia (Opsilia) ; Lazarev • Hum. Sp. Inter. Alm. • 2024 • 13 (5) : 419

    General information

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