Taeniotes

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

Taeniotes Audinet-Serville, 1835

J.G. Audinet-Serville is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Lamia subocellata Olivier, 1792.

Taeniotes Audinet-Serville, 1835 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.

Taeniotes has 28 species and subspecies (26 species plus 2 non-nominal subspecies). This genus is 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
	22,136 sp/ssp.
tribe
Lamiini
	1,941 sp/ssp.
genus
Taeniotes
26 sp. + 2 non-nominal subsp.

Region

World [28]

Distribution for species of Taeniotes

Gallery

Last images of Taeniotes, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection

Taeniotes cayennensis [JPRC], Lamiini, French Guiana — *Taeniotes cayennensis* [JPRC]
*Lamiini*
French Guiana

Taeniotes xanthostictus [JPRC], Lamiini, Central America (Nicaragua) — *Taeniotes xanthostictus* [JPRC]
*Lamiini*
Central America (Nicaragua)

Taeniotes scalatus [JPRC], Lamiini, Central America (Nicaragua) — *Taeniotes scalatus* [JPRC]
*Lamiini*
Central America (Nicaragua)

Taeniotes pulverulentus [JPRC], Lamiini, French Guiana — *Taeniotes pulverulentus* [JPRC]
*Lamiini*
French Guiana

Taeniotes pulverulentus [JPRC], Lamiini, Bolivia — *Taeniotes pulverulentus* [JPRC]
*Lamiini*
Bolivia

Taeniotes farinosus [JPRC], Lamiini, French Guiana — *Taeniotes farinosus* [JPRC]
*Lamiini*
French Guiana

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Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography • use implemented key in next section

partial key of Taeniotes • see Santos-Silva & Botero, 2018
partial key of Taeniotes • see Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2017
regional key of Taeniotes • see Chalumeau & Touroult, 2005
key of Taeniotes • see Villiers, 1980
key of Taeniotes • see Breuning, 1943
key of Taeniotes • see Dillon & Dillon, 1941

Implemented key

proposed key to select

a) Key to species adapted • see (Dillon & Dillon,1941),(…) [with the 2018 changes for the amazonum Group]

Latest events

2025 • Taeniotes (Suturalineopennis) affinis Breuning, 1935 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Suturalineopennis) amazonum Thomson, 1857 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Suturalineopennis) antonkozlovi Santos-Silva & Botero, 2017 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Taeniotes) batesi (Thomson, 1879) • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Taeniotes) boliviensis Dillon & Dillon, 1941 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Taeniotes) buckleyi Bates, 1872 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Taeniotes) cayennensis Thomson, 1859 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Taeniotes) chapini Dillon & Dillon, 1941 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Suturalineopennis) dentatus Dillon & Dillon, 1941 • cf. H. Özdikmen
2025 • Taeniotes (Taeniotes) farinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) • cf. H. Özdikmen

List of species

28 species and subspecies (26 species plus 2 non-nominal subspecies)

Taeniotes affinis Breuning, 1935
Taeniotes amazonum Thomson, 1857
Taeniotes antonkozlovi Santos-Silva & Botero, 2017
Taeniotes batesi (Thomson, 1879)
Taeniotes boliviensis Dillon & Dillon, 1941
Taeniotes buckleyi Bates, 1872
Taeniotes cayennensis Thomson, 1859

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Taeniotes chapini Dillon & Dillon, 1941
Taeniotes dentatus Dillon & Dillon, 1941

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Taeniotes farinosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Taeniotes inquinatus Thomson, 1857
Taeniotes insularis gahani Breuning, 1943
Taeniotes insularis insularis Thomson, 1857
Taeniotes iridescens Dillon & Dillon, 1941
Taeniotes leucogrammus leucogrammus Thomson, 1865

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Taeniotes leucogrammus luciae Touroult, 2007
Taeniotes luciani Thomson, 1859
Taeniotes marmoratus Thomson, 1865
Taeniotes naevius Bates, 1872
Taeniotes orbignyi Guerin, 1844
Taeniotes peruanus Breuning, 1971
Taeniotes praeclarus Bates, 1872
Taeniotes pulverulentus (Olivier, 1790)

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Taeniotes relucens Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2017
Taeniotes scalatus (Gmelin, 1790)

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Taxa, synonyms

4 taxa refer to Taeniotes

Taeniotes Audinet-Serville, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia subocellata Olivier, 1792 ]
Metoscopius Gistel, 1848
Hammoderus Thomson, 1856 [ sp. type : Hammoderus buquetii Thomson, 1856 ]
Taeniotes (Suturalineopennis) Ozdikmen, 2025 [ sp. type : Cerambyx scalatus Gmelin, 1790 ]

Bibliography

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

Hammoderus Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 341 [ nov ]
Taeniotes Audinet-Serville • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1835 • 1 (4) : 90 [ nov div ]
Monochamus (Taeniotes) ; Laporte • P. Duménil, Paris • 1840 • 2 : 479
Taeniotes ; Blanchard • Paris, Didot • 1845 • 2 : 159
Metoscopius Gistel • Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung • 1848 : 131 [ nov syn ]
Metoscopius = Taeniotes ; Gistel • Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung • 1848 : 131
Hammoderus Thomson • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1856 • 3 (4) : 324 [ nov ]
Taeniotes (Hammoderus) ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 173
Taeniotes ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 101 [ div ]
Taeniotes ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 77, 379
Taeniotes ; Bates • The Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. • 1865 • 3 (16) : 109 [ div ]
Taeniotes ; Lacordaire • Paris, Libr. Enc. Roret • 1869 • 9 : 301, 322 [ div ]
Taeniotes ; Bates • Biol. Centr. Amer. • 1880 • 5 : 97
Taeniotes ; Fleutiaux & Salle • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1889 • 6 (9) : 468
Taeniotes ; Gahan • The Trans. Entomol. Soc. London • 1895 • 1895 : 121
Taeniotes ; Dillon & Dillon • Sci. Publs Reading Publ. Mus. • 1941 • 1 : 10, 11 [ key div ]
Taeniotes ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1943 • 13-14 (89-137) : 150, 242 [ key div ]
Taeniotes ; Blackwelder • Bull. U.S. natn. Mus. • 1946 • 185 (4) : 593 [ syn ]
Taeniotes ; Zayas • Acad. Cienc. Cuba • 1975 : 174 [ div ]
Taeniotes ; Villiers • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (n.s.) • 1980 • 16 (4) : 555 [ key div ]

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