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- Taxa, synonyms
- Bibliography
- Figures
- Collection
Plectrodera scalator
Plectrodera scalator is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius, 1793)
J.C. Fabricius is the author of the original taxon.
The type specimen used for original description is cited from Louisiana.
Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius, 1793) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.
The species is combined with the genus Plectrodera ranked in the tribe Lamiini.
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 | |
Lamiini | |
1,864 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Plectrodera | |
1 sp. | |
species | |
scalator | |
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Plectrodera scalator
Group
scalator [1]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Plectrodera Scalator, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Plectrodera scalator, ♀ [JPRC], Lamiini, South Eastern United States (Texas)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOPlecscal8745i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Lamiini
South Eastern United States (Texas)
![Plectrodera scalator, ♂ [JPRC], Lamiini, South Eastern United States (Texas)](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/MOPlecscal5288i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Lamiini
South Eastern United States (Texas)
Taxa, synonyms
2 taxa refer to Plectrodera scalator
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Lamia scalator Fabricius, 1793 [ type locality : USA, Louisiana ]
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Lamia bellii LeConte, 1845 [ type locality : USA, Missouri ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Lamia scalator Fabricius • Hafniae, Proft • 1793 • 1 (2) : 278 [ nov ]
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Cerambix (Lamia) scalator ; Olivier • Coleopt. Lanneau, Paris • 1795 • 4 : 67
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Plectrodera scalator ; Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 341 [ i/des ]
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Batocera scalator ; Laporte • P. Duménil, Paris • 1840 • 2 : 471
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Lamia bellii LeConte • Proc. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. • 1845 • 1 : 201 [ nov loc ]
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Lamia bellii ; LeConte • Boston J. Nat. Hist. • 1847 • 5 : 209 [ ill ]
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Plectodera scalator ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 85 [ syn ]
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Lamia scalator = Lamia bellii ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 85
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Plectrodera scatator ; Chenu • Paris, Marescq & Co. • 1870 • 3 : 323
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Plectrodera scalator ; McBride • The Can. Ent. • 1880 • 12 (6) : 107 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Riley • The Amer. Ent. • 1880 • 3 (11) : 270 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Leng • Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. • 1896 • 23 : 112 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Loeding • Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. • 1933 • 28 (4) : 149 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Dillon & Dillon • Sci. Publs Reading Publ. Mus. • 1941 • 1 : 129 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Sherman • Ent. News • 1946 • 57 (5) : 126, 127 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Stein & Tagestad • USDA For. Serv. Rocky Mount. For. Range Exp. Stn. Res. Pap. • 1976 • 171 : 29 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Turnbow & Franklin • J. Ga. Ent. Soc. • 1980 • 15 (3) : 344 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Linsley & Chemsak • Univ. Calif. Publs. Ent. • 1984 • 102 : 47 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; MacKay & al. • The Coleopts. Bull. • 1987 • 41 (4) : 365 [ loc ]
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Plectrodera scalator ; Heffern • Contr. C.P. Gillette Mus. Arthr. Div. Dept. • 1998 : 20 [ loc ]
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- Lamia bellii LeConte, 1845 • see LeConte, 1847
- ♀ of Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius, 1793) • see Lingafelter & Hoebeke, 2002
Collection
3 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- USA, Texas, Monahans Dunes Ward • 2♀ • 33 mm • vi-2000 • lam.#8746, 8747
- USA, Texas, Victoria co. • 1♂ • 31 mm • v-1996 • lam.#5288