Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Plagiosarus melampus

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


Plagiosarus melampus Bates, 1885

H.W. Bates is the author of the original taxon.

The type specimen used for original description is cited from Quezaltenango.

Plagiosarus melampus Bates, 1885 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species divided into 2 subspecies, is combined with the Plagiosarus genus ranked in the Acanthoderini 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
21,823 sp/ssp.
tribe
Acanthoderini
472 sp/ssp.
genus
Plagiosarus
5 sp/ssp.
species
melampus
2 subsp.


Region

World  [2]

distribution map

Distribution for subspecies of Plagiosarus melampus



Group

melampus  [2]

Subgroup of

Subdivided into 2 subspecies


List of species

2 subspecies

  • Plagiosarus melampus congestus Bates, 1885
  • Plagiosarus melampus melampus Bates, 1885


Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Plagiosarus melampus

  • Plagiosarus melampus Bates, 1885 [ type locality : Guatemala, Quezaltenango, El Reposo ]
  • Plagiosarus melampus var. congestus Bates, 1885 [ type locality : Panama, Chiriqui, Bugaba ]


Bibliography

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

  • Plagiosarus melampus Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1885 • 5  : 383 [ nov loc ill ]
  • Plagiosarus melampus var. congestus Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1885 • 5  : 383 [ nov loc ill ]
  • Plagiosarus melampus ; Chemsak & Linsley • J. Kansas Ent. Soc. • 1970 • 43 (4)  : 416 [ div ]
  • Plagiosaurus melampus ; Chemsak & al. • Univ. Nac. Auton. Mexico • 1992  : 132
  • Plagiosaurus melampus congestus ; Chemsak & al. • Univ. Nac. Auton. Mexico • 1992  : 132
  • Plagiosarus melampus congestus ; Vlasak & Santos-Silva • Insecta Mundi • 2023 • 1025  : 5 [ div ]
    details

    Plagiosarus melampus congestus ; Vlasak & Santos-Silva • Insecta Mundi • 2023 • 1025 : 5

    General information

    • distinctive characters ; remark


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