Dorcasominae

Subfamily of beetles

Dorcasominae
Dorcasomus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Dorcasominae
Lacordaire, 1869[1]
Genera

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Dorcasominae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae).[2][3]

Tribes and genera

The family includes five tribes,[4] with numerous genera:

Apatophyseini

Auth: Lacordaire, 1869 - about 97 genera including:

  • Apatophysis Chevrolat, 1860

Dorcasomini

Auth: Lacordaire, 1868 - monotypic

  1. Dorcasomus Audinet-Serville, 1834

Protaxini

Auth: Gahan, 1906

  1. Epitophysis Gressitt & Rondon, 1970
  2. Protaxis Gahan, 1906

Trigonarthrini

Auth: Villiers, 1984

  1. Trigonarthron Boppe, 1912
  2. Varieras Villiers, 1984

Trypogeini

Auth: Vives, 2005 - monotypic

  1. Trypogeus Lacordaire, 1869

References

Wikispecies has information related to Dorcasominae.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dorcasominae.
  1. ^ A Nomenclatural Act: Some Nomenclatural Changes on Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
  2. ^ Bouchard P. et al Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) ZooKeys 2011; 88: 1-972
  3. ^ Catalog of Dorcasominae
  4. ^ BioLib.cz: subfamily Dorcasominae Lacordaire, 1868
Taxon identifiers
Dorcasominae


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