Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae

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Prosopocera raffrayi

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

Prosopocera (Alphitopola) raffrayi (Thomson, 1878)

J. Thomson is the author of the original taxon.

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

Prosopocera (Alphitopola) raffrayi (Thomson, 1878) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the genus Prosopocera ranked in the tribe Prosopocerini.

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
21,904 sp/ssp.
tribe
Prosopocerini
333 sp/ssp.
genus
Prosopocera
301 sp/ssp.
subgenus
Alphitopola
168 sp/ssp.
species
raffrayi

Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Prosopocera raffrayi

Group

raffrayi  [1]

Subgroup of

Taxa, synonyms

3 taxa refer to Prosopocera raffrayi

  • Zalates raffrayi Thomson, 1878 [ type locality : Zanzibar ]
  • Prosopocera (Alphitopola) tippmanni Breuning, 1942 [ type locality : Tanganyika, Dar-es-Salaam ]
  • Prosopocera (Alphitopola) marleyi Gilmour, 1954 [ type locality : Zululand, Silhangwane ]

Bibliography

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

  • Zalates raffrayi Thomson • Rev. Mag. Zool. • 1878 • 3 (6)  : 62 [ nov loc ]
  • Prosopocera (Timoreticus) raffrayi ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29)  : 187
  • Prosopocera (Alphitopola) tippmanni Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (19)  : 144 [ nov loc div ]
    details

    Prosopocera (Alphitopola) tippmanni Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1942 • 12 (19) : 144

    General information

    • description ; remark
    • new taxon/name

    Distribution

    • [locality type] Tanganyika : Dar-es-Salaam
  • Prosopocera (Alphitopola) marleyi Gilmour • Durb. Mus. Nov. • 1954 • 4 (10)  : 144 [ nov loc ill ]
  • Prosopocera (Alphitopola) raffrayi ; Rousset & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2016 • n.s., 24  : 13 [ loc ill div syn ]
    details

    Prosopocera (Alphitopola) raffrayi ; Rousset & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2016 • n.s., 24 : 13

    General information

    • remark
    • color photo
    • synonymy

    Distribution

    • Zululand : Silhangwane
    • Tanzanie, Zanzibar
    • Kenya : Malindi
    • Tanzanie : Dar-es-Salaam ; Dodoma savane
    • Mozambique : Inhaca
    • Malawi : Likhubula forest Lodge, Mt Mulange, 800 m
    • R. Sud Africaine : Zululand ; Kwazulu, NCbatal ; Lake Nhalane, SE2832 ; Richards Bay Mineral, 28'38''S 32'15''E, 33m ; Mkuze Reserve, 32'15''E 27'04S, 120 m
  • Zalates raffrayi = Prosopocera (Alphitopola) marleyi ; Rousset & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2016 • n.s., 24  : 13
  • Zalates raffrayi = Prosopocera (Alphitopola) tippmanni ; Rousset & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2016 • n.s., 24  : 13

Figures

Some references with images to see in bibliography

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