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Pinacosterna mechowi
Pinacosterna mechowi is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881
G. Quedenfeldt is the author of the original taxon.
The type specimen used for original description is cited from Angola.
Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.
The species is combined with the genus Pinacosterna ranked in the tribe Sternotomini.
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 | |
21,937 sp/ssp. | |
tribe | |
Sternotomini | |
93 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Pinacosterna | |
4 sp. | |
species | |
mechowi | |
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Pinacosterna mechowi
Group
mechowi [1]
Subgroup of
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Pinacosterna mechowi
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Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881 [ type locality : Angola ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt • Berl. ent. Zs. • 1881 • 25 (1-2) : 289 [ nov loc ]
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Quedenfeldt • Berl. ent. Zs. • 1882 • 26 (2) : 345 [ ill ]
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Hintz • Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien • 1916 • 30 : 232 [ loc ]details
Pinacosterna mechowi ; Hintz • Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien • 1916 • 30 : 232
Distribution
- Zentralafrika : Beni ; Mawambi ; Ukaika
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1935 • 6-7 (13-20) : 113 [ loc ill div ]
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Lepesme & Breuning • Longicornia • 1956 • 3 : 288 [ loc div ]
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Allard • Sciences Nat • 1993 : 12 [ ill ]
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Delahaye • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2009 • 96 : 20 [ loc ]details
Pinacosterna mechowi ; Delahaye • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2009 • 96 : 20
Distribution
- R. Centrafricaine
- R. P. Congo
- R. D. Congo
- Angola
- Rwanda
- Zambie : Copperbelt et North Western Province
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Pinacosterna mechowi ; Teocchi & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2015 • n.s., 17 : 46 [ loc ill ]details
Pinacosterna mechowi ; Teocchi & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2015 • n.s., 17 : 46
General information
- color photo
Distribution
- R. Centrafricaine : Bangui ; La Maboké
- Cameroun
- R. P. Congo : Ouesso
- R. D. Congo
- Angola
- Rwanda
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881 • see Quedenfeldt, 1882
- Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881 • see Breuning, 1935
- Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881 • see Allard, 1993
- Pinacosterna mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1881 • see Teocchi & al., 2015
Collection
5 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- Centrafrique, Bimbo • 1♂ • ii-1984 • lam.#3445
- Haut-Zaire, Buta • 1♀ • 22 mm • lam.#7888
- Zaïre, Kolwezi • 1♂1♀ • 18-19 mm • x-1992 • lam.#1515, 1516
- Zaïre, Lubumbashi, Mituala • 1♂ • 20 mm • v-1976 • lam.#7889