Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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

Pilomecyna

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


Pilomecyna Breuning, 1940

S. Breuning is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Apomecyna serieguttata Fairmaire, 1899.

Pilomecyna Breuning, 1940 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Pilomecyna has 6 species. This genus is ranked in the Desmiphorini 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
Desmiphorini
1,609 sp/ssp.
genus
Pilomecyna
6 sp.


Region

World  [6]

distribution map

Distribution for species of Pilomecyna



Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography

  • key of Pilomecyna • see Breuning, 1957


List of species

6 species

  • Pilomecyna excavata Breuning, 1940
  • Pilomecyna flavolineata Breuning, 1957
  • Pilomecyna griseolineata Breuning, 1957
  • Pilomecyna grisescens Breuning, 1980
  • Pilomecyna longeantennata Breuning, 1942
  • Pilomecyna serieguttata (Fairmaire, 1899)


Taxa, synonyms

1 taxon refers to Pilomecyna

  • Pilomecyna Breuning, 1940 [ sp. type : Apomecyna serieguttata Fairmaire, 1899 ]


Bibliography

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

  • Pilomecyna ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4  : 92, 151 [ key div ]
    details

    Pilomecyna ; Breuning • Inst. Rech. sc. Tananarive-Ts. • 1957 • 4 : 92, 151

    General information

    • description ; distinctive characters ; key


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