Tragocephala formosa

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

Tragocephala formosa (Olivier, 1792)

A.G. Olivier is the author of the original taxon.

Tragocephala formosa (Olivier, 1792) is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the Tragocephala genus ranked in the Tragocephalini 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
	21,820 sp/ssp.
tribe
Tragocephalini
	277 sp/ssp.
genus
Tragocephala
	40 sp.
species
formosa

Region

World [1]

Distribution for Tragocephala formosa

Group

formosa [1]

Subgroup of

Taxa, synonyms

6 taxa refer to Tragocephala formosa

Lamia formosa Olivier, 1792
Tragocephala comitessa White, 1856
Tragocephala formosa var. praetoria Chevrolat, 1858
Tragocephala daphnis Thomson, 1865 [ type locality : Natal ]
Tragocephala gemina Distant, 1904
Lamia formosa var. thomsoni Aurivillius, 1922

Bibliography

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

Lamia formosa Olivier • Paris, Plomteux, Liège, Panckocke Libr. • 1792 • 6 (2) : 463 [ nov ]
Cerambyx (Lamia) formosus ; Olivier • Coleopt. Lanneau, Paris • 1795 • 4 : 86 [ ill ]
Lamia formosa ; Guerin • Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. • 1831 • 17 : 68 [ ill ]
Tragocephala formosa ; Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 342
Lamia (Lamia) formosa ; Audinet-Serville • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1835 • 1 (4) : 94
Tragocephala formosa ; Blanchard • Dict. Hist. Nat. Col. • 1849 [ ill ]
Tragocephala comitessa White • Proc. Zool. Soc. London • 1856 • 24 : 13 [ nov ill ]
Tragocephala formosa ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 29 [ ill div ]
Tragocephala formosa var. praetoria Chevrolat • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1858 • 3 (6) : 328 [ nov ill ]
Tragocephala formosa ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 70 [ des ]
Tragocephala daphnis Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1865 • 19 : 550 [ nov loc div ]
Tragocephala comitessa ; Lacordaire • Paris, Libr. Enc. Roret • 1869 • 9 [ ill ]
Tragocephala gemina Distant • Ins. Transvaal. • 1904 • 1 : 136 [ nov ill ]
Phosphorus jansoni ; Heyne & Taschenberg • Leipzig, Schreiber • 1908 • 25-26 : 242 [ ill ]
Lamia formosa var. thomsoni Aurivillius • Coleopt. Cat. • 1922 • 73 : 172 [ nov ]
Lamia formosa < jansoni ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 66
Tragocephala formosa ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 66 [ ill div syn ]
Lamia formosa = Tragocephala daphnis ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 67
Tragocephala formosa m. gemina ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 67 [ div ]
Tragocephala formosa m. comitessa ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6 (1-13) : 67 [ ill div ]

Figures

Some references with images to see in bibliography

Cerambyx (Lamia) formosus (Olivier, 1792) • see Olivier, 1795
Lamia formosa Olivier, 1792 • see Guerin, 1831
Tragocephala formosa (Olivier, 1792) • see Blanchard, 1849
Tragocephala comitessa White, 1856 • see White, 1856
Tragocephala formosa (Olivier, 1792) • see Thomson, 1857
Tragocephala formosa var. praetoria Chevrolat, 1858 • see Chevrolat, 1858
Tragocephala comitessa White, 1856 • see Lacordaire, 1869
Tragocephala gemina Distant, 1904 • see Distant, 1904
Phosphorus jansoni Chevrolat, 1861 • see Heyne & Taschenberg, 1908
Tragocephala formosa (Olivier, 1792) • see Breuning, 1934
Tragocephala formosa m. comitessa White, 1856 • see Breuning, 1934

Collection

1 specimen in author's collection

Datas on labels

Tanzanie, Mt. Ntandi, Masasi District • 1♂ • 19.5 mm • xii-2009 • lam.#14088

Plate in gallery Box in collection