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Tragocephala
Tragocephala is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Tragocephala Dejean, 1835
P.F. Dejean is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Lamia formosa Olivier, 1792.
Tragocephala Dejean, 1835 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Tragocephala has 40 species. This genus is 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 | |
20,351 sp. | |
tribe | |
Tragocephalini | |
266 sp. | |
genus | |
Tragocephala | |
40 sp. |
Region
World [40]

Distribution for species of Tragocephala...
Distribution for species of Tragocephala
Group
Tragocephala [40]
Subgroup of
Gallery
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Tragocephalini
Tanzania

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Tragocephalini
Gabon

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Tragocephalini
Cameroon

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Tragocephalini
Cameroon

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Tragocephalini
Cameroon

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Tragocephalini
Malawi

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Tragocephalini
Cameroon

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Tragocephalini
Tanzania
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography...
List of species
40 species...
40 species
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Tragocephala alluaudi Lameere, 1893
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Tragocephala angolensis Aurivillius, 1917
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Tragocephala bassamensis Thomson, 1857
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Tragocephala berchmansi Hintz, 1909
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Tragocephala burgeoni Breuning, 1938
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Tragocephala caerulescens Jordan, 1894image
- Cameroun, Province du Centre, Ebogo • 1♂ • 19 mm • vii-2009 • lam.#13616
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala carbonaria Lameere, 1892
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Tragocephala castelnaudii Thomson, 1868
- Cameroun, Prov. Centre • 1♂ • 16 mm • xi-1995 • lam.#3229
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala castnia Thomson, 1857
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Tragocephala conjuncta Breuning, 1934
- Cameroun, environ de Ngat, 3°13'59''N 12°7'0''E • 1♀ • 16 mm • x-2008 • lam.#13610
- Cameroun, Prov. Centre • 1♀ • 15 mm • xi-1995 • lam.#3230
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala crassicornis Jordan, 1903image
- Madagascar, Antanimora • 1♀ • 29.5 mm • xi-1979 • lam.#2300
- Madagascar, Antaninadra • 1♂2♀ • 24.5-32.5 mm • xii-1985 • lam.#551, 552, 2867
- Madagascar, Fianarantsoa reg. • 1♀ • 31.5 mm • i-1989 • lam.#2866
- Madagascar, Massif d'Itremo, Amabatofinadrahana • 1♀ • 33 mm • xii-2002 • lam.#10275
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala cuneifera Aurivillius, 1914
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Tragocephala descarpenteriesi Lepesme & Breuning, 1950
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Tragocephala formosa (Olivier, 1792)
- Tanzanie, Mt. Ntandi, Masasi District • 1♂ • 19.5 mm • xii-2009 • lam.#14088
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala frenata Gerstaecker, 1855
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Tragocephala freyi Brancsik, 1893image
- Madagascar, La Mandraka • 1♂ • 26 mm • xii-1960 • lam.#2302
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala gorilla Thomson, 1857image
- Togo, Kloto, Kpalime • 1♂1♀ • 21.5-23 mm • xi-1999 • lam.#4639, 4640
- Togo, Monts Atakora • 1♂1♀ • 20.5-25 mm • vi-1997, vii-1998 • lam.#4637, 4638
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Tragocephala gracillima Breuning, 1934
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Tragocephala grandis Jordan, 1903
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Tragocephala guerinii White, 1856image
- R. D. Congo, Equateur, Zone de Lukolela, Bobeta • 1♀ • 21.5 mm • xii-2008 • lam.#13606
- Congo, Forêt de Mayombe • 3♀ • 25.5-27 mm • xii-1986 • lam.#2869, 2870, 2871
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Tragocephala...
1 taxon refers to Tragocephala
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Tragocephala Dejean, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia formosa Olivier, 1792 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data...
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Tragocephala Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 342 [ nov ]
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Tragocephala ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 28 [ div ]
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Tragocephala ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 88
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Tragocephala ; Lacordaire • Paris, Libr. Enc. Roret • 1872 • 9, 2 : 418, 419
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Tragocephala ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1934 • 5-6, 1-13 : 10, 16, 65 [ key div ]
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Tragocephala ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 94 [ div ]details
Tragocephala ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 94
General information
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