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- Taxa, synonyms
- Bibliography
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Pterolophia dentifera
Pterolophia dentifera is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) dentifera (Olivier, 1795)
A.G. Olivier is the author of the original taxon.
The type specimen used for original description is cited from Africa.
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) dentifera (Olivier, 1795) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.
The species is combined with the genus Pterolophia ranked in the tribe Pteropliini.
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 | |
21,948 sp/ssp. | |
tribe | |
Pteropliini | |
2,137 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Pterolophia | |
814 sp/ssp. | |
subgenus | |
Pterolophia | |
469 sp/ssp. | |
species | |
dentifera | |
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Pterolophia dentifera
Group
dentifera [1]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Pterolophia Dentifera, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Pterolophia dentifera, ♂ [JPRC], Pteropliini, Gabon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PT-Pterolophia-dentifera-m-jpr20119ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Pteropliini
Gabon
![Pterolophia dentifera, ♀ [JPRC], Pteropliini, Gabon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PT-Pterolophia-dentifera-f-jpr20120ip.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Pteropliini
Gabon
Taxa, synonyms
5 taxa refer to Pterolophia dentifera
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Cerambyx dentifer Olivier, 1795 [ type locality : Afrique ]
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Sthenias minor Duvivier, 1891 [ type locality : Congo, Ibembo ]
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Theticus lunulatus Hintz, 1919 [ type locality : Guinée équatoriale, Nkolentangan ]
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Pterolophia angolensis Breuning, 1938 [ type locality : Angola, Congulu ]
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Theticus lunulatus m. alboreducta Breuning & Teocchi, 1982 [ type locality : Ghana, Kade ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Cerambyx dentifer Olivier • Coleopt. Lanneau, Paris • 1795 • 4 : 132 [ nov ill ]
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Theticus dentiferus ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1858 • 2 : 191
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Sthenias minor Duvivier • Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. • 1891 • 35 (4) : ccclxxxi [ nov loc ]
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Theticus lunulatus Hintz • Hamb. Wiss. Stift. • 1919 • 1 (1) 13 : 627 [ nov loc ]
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Pterolophia angolensis Breuning • Festschr. E. Strand • 1938 • 4 : 317 [ nov loc ]
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Pterolophia dentifera ; Mallamaire • Bull. Prot. Végétaux • 1955 • 1-2 : 82 [ plh ]
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Pterolophia (Pterolophia) dentifera ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 763, 767 [ loc div ]details
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) dentifera ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 763, 767
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
Distribution
- Afrique
- Cameroun : Ja-River
- Congo : Mayumbe
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Pterolophia (Pterolophia) minor ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 762, 768 [ div ]details
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) minor ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 762, 768
General information
- distinctive characters
- black and white drawing
Distribution
- Ghana
- Congo : Ibembo
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Pterolophia (Pterolophia) lunulata ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 761, 769 [ loc div ]details
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) lunulata ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 761, 769
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
Distribution
- Guinée espagnole : Nkolentangan
- Zaïre : Equateur, Flandria, Eala, Sassa, Lomani-Kaniema, Sankuru
- Uganda : Unyoro, forêt de Budongo, Toro, Kampala
- Kenya : Mawakota
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Pterolophia (Pterolophia) angolensis ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 762, 770 [ div ]details
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) angolensis ; Breuning • Bull. I.F.A.N. • 1961 • 23 A (3) : 762, 770
General information
- description ; distinctive characters
Distribution
- Angola : Congulu
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Pterolophia minor ; Breuning • Ann. Mus. roy. Afr. Centrale • 1968 • 165 : 317 [ loc ]details
Pterolophia minor ; Breuning • Ann. Mus. roy. Afr. Centrale • 1968 • 165 : 317
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire : Dibi ; Andé ; Amanikro ; Mouyassué ; Yokopa ; Zepreghé ; Hiré-Baoulé ; Eremankono ; Divo ; Koun ; Bingerville ; Akoupé ; Adiapoté ; Koréa ; Olibribouo ; Nguessankro
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Theticus lunulatus m. alboreducta Breuning & Teocchi • Eos • 1982 • 58 : 35 [ nov loc ]
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Pterolophia minor ; Coulibaly & al. • IIRSDA, coll. entom. • 1989 • 6 : 21 [ loc ]details
Pterolophia minor ; Coulibaly & al. • IIRSDA, coll. entom. • 1989 • 6 : 21
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire : Adiopodoumé
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Pterolophia lunulata ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. Linn. Lyon • 1989 • 58 (8) : 255 [ loc syn ]details
Pterolophia lunulata ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. Linn. Lyon • 1989 • 58 (8) : 255
General information
- synonymy
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire : Zagne
- Ghana : Kade
- R. Centrafricaine : La Maboké, par Boukoko
- Cameroun : Mboimayo
- Guinée équatoriale : Nkolentangan
- Zaïre : Equateur, Flandria, Eala, Sassa, Lomani-Kaniema, Sankuru ; Parc National Albert, Mutsora, 1000-1350m alt.
- Angola : Congulu
- Uganda : Unyoro, forêt de Budongo, Toro, Kampala
- Kenya : Mawakota
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Theticus lunulatus = Pterolophia angolensis ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. Linn. Lyon • 1989 • 58 (8) : 255
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Pterolophia lunulata ; Adlbauer • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 1998 • 30 (2) : 543 [ loc plh ]details
Pterolophia lunulata ; Adlbauer • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 1998 • 30 (2) : 543
General information
- host plant
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Ghana
- R. Zentralafrika
- Kamerun
- Aequatorialguinea
- Zaïre
- Angola
- Uganda (West) : Kyambura Game Reserve S Lake George, 1050 m
- Kenya
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Pterolophia dentifera ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse • 1999 : 7 [ loc syn ]details
Pterolophia dentifera ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse • 1999 : 7
General information
- synonymy
Distribution
- Côte d'Ivoire
- R. Centrafricaine : La Maboké, par Boukoko
- Cameroun : Ja-River ; Mboimayo
- Guinée équatoriale : Nkolentangan
- Gabon
- Congo : Ibemko ; Mayumbe, Equateur, Flandria, Eala, Sassa, Lomani-Kaniema, Sankuru ; Parc National Albert, Mission de Witte, Mutsora, 1000-1350m alt.
- Angola : Congulu
- Ouganda : Unyoro, forêt de Budongo, Toro, Kampala
- Kenya : Mawakota
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Cerambyx dentifer = Sthenias minor ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse • 1999 : 7
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Cerambyx dentifer = Theticus lunulatus ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse • 1999 : 7
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Cerambyx dentifer = Pterolophia angolensis ; Teocchi • Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse • 1999 : 7
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- Cerambyx dentifer Olivier, 1795 • see Olivier, 1795
- Pterolophia (Pterolophia) minor (Duvivier, 1891) • see Breuning, 1961
- Pterolophia (Pterolophia) dentifera (Olivier, 1795) • see Teocchi & al., 2008
- Pterolophia dentifera (Olivier, 1795) • see Juhel, 2014
Collection
8 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- Cameroun, Okola • 1♂ • 8.5 mm • v-1968 • lam.#11812
- Gabon, Parc National Ivindo, Ipassa • 1♂1♀ • 8.5-9 mm • xi-2017 • lam.#20119, 20120
- Côte d'Ivoire, Forêt de Yapo • 2♀ • 8.5-9 mm • xii-1998 • lam.#3518, 3519
- Côte d'Ivoire, Grand Lahou • 3♂ • 8.5-9.5 mm • xi-1996 • lam.#2924, 2953, 2954