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Stizocera boyi Melzer 1927

  • 1. Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

Description

Stizocera boyi Melzer, 1927

(Fig. 60)

Stizocera boyi Melzer, 1927: 562.

Remarks. This species was described from Brazil (Amazonas). Currently, it is known from Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia) (Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). Monné & Giesbert (1994) recorded this species from Paraguay.

Material examined. PERU (new country record), Loreto: Picuroyacu, Rio Amazonas, 1 female, 12.V.2012, J.J. Ramírez leg. (JJRH).

Notes

Published as part of Santos-Silva, Antonio & Hernandez, Juan José Ramírez, 2025, Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) from the Peruvian region of Loreto: new species, new records, and notes, pp. 257-298 in Zootaxa 5689 (2) on page 279, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17319437

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
JJRH
Event date
2012-05-12
Verbatim event date
2012-05-12
Scientific name authorship
Melzer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Stizocera
Species
boyi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Stizocera boyi Melzer, 1927 sec. Santos-Silva & Hernandez, 2025

References

  • Melzer, J. (1927) Longicorneos (Col.) do Brasil, novos ou pouco conhecidos. Revista do Museu Paulista, 15 (1), 557-582.
  • Monne, M. A. (2024 a) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. Available from: https://cerambycids.com/catalog/ (accessed 29 July 2025)
  • Tavakilian, G. L. & Chevillotte, H. (2024) Titan: base de donnees internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicornes. Available from: http://titan.gbif.fr/ (accessed 15 September 2024)
  • Monne, M. A. & Giesbert, E. F. (1994) Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Wolfsgarden Books, Burbank, 409 pp.