Oplatocera is a genus of longhorn beetle with about ten species distributed in Asia. The genus is identified by the wide mandibles without teeth on their inner edge with the base being hairy. The antenna base has a thick joint and the third segment is longer than the fourth and the segments shorten from base to tip. The third to seventh antennal segments have spines on the outer margins in some species.[1]

Oplatocera
Oplatocera halli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Xystrocerini
Genus: Oplatocera
White, 1853
Type species
Oplatocera callidioides
White, 1853

Species are divided into two subgenera and the species currently included in the genus are:

References

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  1. ^ Gahan, C.J. (1906). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Volume 1 Cerambycidae. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 107–109.