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Plistonax
Plistonax is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Plistonax Thomson, 1864
J. Thomson is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Plistonax multipunctatus Thomson, 1864.
Plistonax Thomson, 1864 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Plistonax has 12 species. This genus is 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 | |
20,311 sp. | |
tribe | |
Acanthoderini | |
465 sp. | |
genus | |
Plistonax | |
12 sp. |
Region
World [12]

Distribution for species of Plistonax...
Distribution for species of Plistonax
Group
Plistonax [12]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images posted online



♀
Acanthoderini
French Guiana

♂
Acanthoderini
French Guiana

♂
Acanthoderini
French Guiana

♂
Acanthoderini
Paraguay
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography...
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section
Implemented key
proposed keys to select
- a) Partial key to species adapted from (Silva Júnior&al.,2021)
- b) Partial key to species adapted from (Monné,2001) • not translated
possible resulting taxa
List of species
12 species...
12 species
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Plistonax albituberculatus Silva Júnior & Souza, 2019
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Plistonax albolinitus (Bates, 1861)image
- Bolivie, Beni, Rte Rurrenabaque, Yocumo, 210-650m • 2♂ • x-1993 • lam.#1869, 1870
- Guyane française, Montagne de Kaw • 1♂1♀ • vii-1994, xi-1994 • lam.#1402, 3879
- Guyane française, Montagne de Kaw, RD6, pk31 • 1♀ • ix-1985 • lam.#912
- Guyane française, Piste de Kaw • 1♀ • iii-1994 • lam.#1794
- Guyane française, Piste de Kaw, pk29 • 1♀ • viii-1993 • lam.#593
- Guyane, Montagne de Kaw, pk37 (piste) • 1♂2♀ • 17 mm • viii-2003, viii-2011 • lam.#7324, 7325, 14714
- Guyane, Montagne de Kaw, pk38 (piste) • 1♂1♀ • viii-2006 • lam.#8727, 8728
- Guyane, Montagne de Kaw, pk40 (piste) • 2♀ • 14 mm • viii-2002 • lam.#5586, 5587
- Guyane, Montagne de Kaw, RD6, pk29 • 1♂ • viii-2007 • lam.#10107
- Guyane, Montagne de Kaw, RD6, pk36, Camp Patawa • 2♀ • 17 mm • viii-2003, viii-2011 • lam.#7326, 14713
- Guyane, Piste de Kaw • 2♂1♀ • ix-1991, vii-1994 • lam.#1795, 3877, 3878
datas -
Plistonax antonkozlovi Santos-Silva & al., 2020
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Plistonax ariasi (Chemsak & Hovore, 2002)
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Plistonax bialbomaculatus (Zajciw, 1964)
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Plistonax difficilis (Melzer, 1934)image
- Paraguay, Central, Aregua • 1♀ • 8 mm • xii-2005 • lam.#10126
- Paraguay, Cordillera, Naranjo • 1♂ • 8 mm • xi-2005 • lam.#10093
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Plistonax hefferni (Audureau, 2017)
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Plistonax inopinatus Lane, 1960
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Plistonax pictus (Galileo & Martins, 2012)
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Plistonax rafaeli Martins & al., 2006image
- Guyane, Piste de Kaw • 1♂ • 14 mm • ix-1994 • lam.#1796
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Plistonax senecauxi Tavakilian & Neouze, 2013
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Plistonax signatifrons (Zajciw, 1964)
Taxa, synonyms
3 taxa refer to Plistonax...
3 taxa refer to Plistonax
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Plistonax Thomson, 1864 [ sp. type : Plistonax multipunctatus Thomson, 1864 ]
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Idiomerus Melzer, 1934 [ sp. type : Idiomerus difficilis Melzer, 1934 ]
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Melzerus Monné, 2005 [ sp. type : Idiomerus difficilis Melzer, 1934 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data...
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Plistonax Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 19, 351 [ nov div ]
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Idiomerus Melzer • Revta. Entomol. R. J. • 1934 • 4, 1 : 98 [ nov div ]details
Idiomerus Melzer • Revta. Entomol. R. J. • 1934 • 4, 1 : 98
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
- new taxon/name
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Plistonax ; Monné & Magno • Revta. Bras. Ent. S. Paulo • 1992 • 36, 4 : 721 [ key div ]
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Plistonax ; Monné • Bolm Mus. Nac. • 2001 • 466 : 1, 3 [ key ]details
Plistonax ; Monné • Bolm Mus. Nac. • 2001 • 466 : 1, 3
General information
- key
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Melzerus = Idiomerus ; Monné • Zootaxa • 2005 • 1023
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Melzerus Monné • Zootaxa • 2005 • 1023 : 179 [ nov syn ]
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Plistonax ; Silva Júnior & al. • Zootaxa • 2019 • 4679, 2 : 395 [ div ]details
Plistonax ; Silva Júnior & al. • Zootaxa • 2019 • 4679, 2 : 395
General information
- distinctive characters
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Plistonax ; Santos-Silva & al. • Zootaxa • 2020 • 4790,3 : 547 [ div ]details
Plistonax ; Santos-Silva & al. • Zootaxa • 2020 • 4790,3 : 547
General information
- remark
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Plistonax ; Silva Júnior & al. • Org. Divers. Evol. • 2021 : 8, 14, 24 [ key div syn ]details
Plistonax ; Silva Júnior & al. • Org. Divers. Evol. • 2021 : 8, 14, 24
General information
- description ; distinctive characters ; key ; Phylogeny ; remark
- synonymy
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Plistonax = Melzerus ; Silva Júnior & al. • Org. Divers. Evol. • 2021 : 14
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Plistonax ; Santos-Silva & Devesa • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2021 • n.s., 39 : 64 [ div ]details
Plistonax ; Santos-Silva & Devesa • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2021 • n.s., 39 : 64
General information
- distinctive characters