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Malacoscylus Thomson 1868

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of General Biology, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Av. Rui Braga s / n, Vila Mauricéia, 39401 - 089, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. & Department of Zoology, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos 100, Jd. das Américas, 81531 - 980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
  • 2. Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
  • 3. Department of Zoology, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos 100, Jd. das Américas, 81531 - 980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
  • 4. Departament of Zoology, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves s / n, Cidade Universitária, 50373 - 970, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. & Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera (INCol), Brazil.

Description

Genus Malacoscylus Thomson, 1868

Malacoscylus Thomson, 1868a: 192.

Malacoscylus – Lacordaire 1872: 886 (desig.). — Bates 1881: 223. — Aurivillius 1923: 586 (cat.). — Blackwelder 1946: 622 (checklist). — Gilmour 1965: 633 (cat.). — Martins & Galileo 1991a: 620; 2014b: 125 (rev.). — Monné 1995: 7 (cat.); 2005: 487 (cat.); 2012: 104 (cat.); 2024: 859 (cat.). — Galileo & Martins 1998: 254 (rev.). — Monné & Hovore 2006: 263 (checklist). — Bezark 2024: 315 (checklist). — Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024 (cat.). — Roguet 2025 (cat.).

Type species

Saperda cirrata Germar, 1823 (subsequent designation by Lacordaire 1872).

Included species

Malacoscylus currently comprises 13 valid species:

– Malacoscylus auricomus Bates, 1881

– Malacoscylus cinctulus Bates, 1881

– Malacoscylus cirratus (Germar, 1823)

– Malacoscylus elegantulus Galileo & Martins, 2005 – Malacoscylus fasciatus Galileo & Martins, 1998

– Malacoscylus fulveolus Bates, 1881

– Malacoscylus gonostigma Bates, 1881

– Malacoscylus gratiosus Bates, 1881

– Malacoscylus lacordairei (Thomson, 1868)

– Malacoscylus lanei Martins & Galileo, 1991

– Malacoscylus nearnsi Monné & Monné, 2015

– Malacoscylus niger (Aurivillius, 1909)

– Malacoscylus xanthotaenius (Bates, 1881)

Genus distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil (Goiás, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul).

Notes

Published as part of Júnior, José Osvaldo Silva, Souza, Diego de Santana, Machado, Renato José Pires & Iannuzzi, Luciana, 2025, New species and new records of flat-faced longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from the Brazilian Northeast Region, pp. 250-274 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1026 on pages 259-260, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1026.3121, http://zenodo.org/record/17921094

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A1987D6FFCA1027B001F918780BFBFC

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1026.3121 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/17921094 (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/308910287 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Malacoscylus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Malacoscylus Thomson, 1868 sec. Júnior, Souza, Machado & Iannuzzi, 2025

References

  • Thomson J. L. 1868 a. Materiaux pour servir a une revision des Lamites (Cerambycides, Col.). Physis Recueil d'Histoire naturelle 2 (6): 146-200.
  • Lacordaire J. T. 1872. Histoire naturelle des Insectes: genera des Coleopteres ou expose methodique et critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Longicornes (suite). Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8864
  • Aurivillius C. 1923. Coleopterorum catalogus pars 74: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae II. W. Junk & S. Schenkling, Berlin. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38769 [accessed 23 Apr. 2025].
  • Blackwelder R. E. 1946. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Part 4. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 551-763. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.185.4
  • Gilmour E. F. 1965. Catalogue des Lamiaires du Monde (Col. Ceramb.) 8: 559-655. Verlag des Museums G. Frey, Tutzing bei Munchen. Gistel J. N. F. 1848. Naturgeschichte der Thierreiche fur hohere Schulen. Scheitlin & Krais, Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97235
  • Martins U. R. & Galileo M. H. M. 1991 a. Generos de Hemilophini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) relacionados com Malacoscylus Thomson, 1868. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35 (3): 619-629.
  • Martins U. R. & Galileo M. H. M. 2014 b. Cerambycidae Sul-Americanos (Coleoptera): Taxonomia, Volume 14, Subfamilia Lamiinae, Hemilophini Thomson, 1868, Parte II. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Sao Paulo.
  • Monne M. A. 1995. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Part XX. Subfamily Lamiinae: Tribes Hemilophini, Aerenicini, Pretiliini, Falsamblesthiini, Calliini. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Sao Paulo.
  • Galileo M. H. M. & Martins U. R. 1998. Notas e descricoes em Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) com garras tarsais apendiculatas ou bifidas e revisao do 1 ° grupo de especies do genero Malacoscylus Thomson, 1868. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 41 (2 - 4): 249-256.
  • Monne M. A. & Hovore F. T. 2006. A Checklist of the Cerambycidae, or Longhorned Wood-boring Beetles, of the Western Hemisphere. Bio Quip Publications, Rancho Dominguez.
  • Bezark L. G. 2024. Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae, (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Available from http://bezbycids.com [accessed 23 Apr. 2025].
  • Tavakilian G. L. & Chevillotte H. 2024. Base de Donnees Titan sur les Cerambycides ou Longicornes. Available from http://titan.gbif.fr [accessed 24 Apr. 2025].
  • Roguet J. P. 2025. Lamiaires du Monde. Available from https://lamiinae.org [accessed 23 Apr. 2025].
  • Galileo M. H. M. & Martins U. R. 2005. Contribuicao aos Hemilophini da Costa Rica (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 45 (10): 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492005001000001
  • Galileo M. H. M. & Martins U. R. 1991. [Coleoptera, Cerambycidae]. In: Rafael J. A. (ed.) Insetos coletados durante o Projeto Maraca, Roraima, Brasil: Lista complementar. Acta Amazonica 21: 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-43921991211336
  • Monne M. A. & Chaboo C. S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families Cerambycidae, Disteniidae, Vesperidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88 (1): 34-120. https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES1410.13.1