Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Ropica tongae

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


Ropica tongae Breuning, 1973

S. Breuning is the author of the original taxon.

The type specimen used for original description is cited from Tonga Is..

Ropica tongae Breuning, 1973 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the Ropica genus ranked in the Apomecynini 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
21,802 sp/ssp.
tribe
Apomecynini
1,866 sp/ssp.
genus
Ropica
172 sp/ssp.
species
tongae


Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Ropica tongae



Group

tongae  [1]

Subgroup of



Taxa, synonyms

1 taxon refers to Ropica tongae



Bibliography

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

  • Ropica tongae Breuning • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (n.s.) • 1973 • n.s., 9 (3)  : 652 [ nov loc div ]
    details

    Ropica tongae Breuning • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (n.s.) • 1973 • n.s., 9 (3) : 652

    General information

    • distinctive characters
    • new taxon/name

    Distribution

    • [locality type] Tonga Is.


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