Poeciloxestia is a genus of longhorn beetles in the family Cerambycidae. There are more than 20 described species in Poeciloxestia, found in Central and South America.[1][2][3]
| Poeciloxestia | |
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| Poeciloxestia lanceolata, Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Tribe: | Cerambycini |
| Genus: | Poeciloxestia Lane, 1965 |
Species
editThese 22 species belong to the genus Poeciloxestia:
- Poeciloxestia bivittata (Buquet, 1852) (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia carlyslei Fragoso, 1978 (Colombia)
- Poeciloxestia coriacea Martins & Monné, 2005 (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia dorsalis (Thomson, 1861) (Brazil, Paraguay)
- Poeciloxestia elegans (Gory, 1833) (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia hirsutiventris Fragoso, 1978 (Bolivia, Peru)
- Poeciloxestia lanceolata Fragoso, 1978 (Central America)
- Poeciloxestia lanei Fragoso, 1978 (Bolivia, Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia lateralis (Erichson, 1847) (Bolivia, French Guiana, Peru)
- Poeciloxestia melzeri Lane, 1965 (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
- Poeciloxestia minuta Fragoso, 1978 (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia nitida Haller & Santos-Silva, 2023
- Poeciloxestia ochrotaenia (Bates, 1870) (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia paraensis Lane, 1965 (South America)
- Poeciloxestia parallela Fragoso, 1978 (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia plagiata (Waterhouse, 1880) (Ecuador)
- Poeciloxestia rugosicollis Fragoso, 1978 (Ecuador, Bolivia)
- Poeciloxestia sagittaria (Bates, 1872) (Central and South America)
- Poeciloxestia santossilvai Devesa & Wappes, 2020
- Poeciloxestia signatipennis (Melzer, 1923) (Brazil)
- Poeciloxestia suturalis (Perty, 1832) (Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina)
- Poeciloxestia travassosi Fragoso, 1978 (Brazil)
References
edit- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Poeciloxestia Lane, 1965". Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ Monné, M.A.; Nearns, E.H. (2024). "Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of America". Retrieved 2024-07-13.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Poeciloxestia at iNaturalist
Media related to Poeciloxestia at Wikimedia Commons
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