Plistonax

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Plistonax is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. Plistonax is a Neotropical genus of flat-faced long-horned beetles (tribe Acanthoderini).[1] Orginnally, scientists described Plistonax with nine species but lacked clear diagnostic traits, leading to unstable classification.[1] Plistonax is polyphyletic, where Plistonax insolitus emerged as a lone lineage.[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Plistonax
Plistonax albolinitus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Acanthoderini
Genus: Plistonax
Thomson, 1864
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Species

Plistonax contains the following species:[2]

  • Plistonax albituberculatus Silva Junior & Souza, 2019
  • Plistonax albolinitus (Bates, 1861)
  • Plistonax antonkozlovi Santos-Silva, Nascimento & Silva Junior, 2020
  • Plistonax ariasi (Chemsak & Hovore, 2002)
  • Plistonax bialbomaculatus (Zajciw, 1964)
  • Plistonax difficilis (Chemsak & Hovore, 2002)
  • Plistonax hefferni (Audureau, 2017)
  • Plistonax inopinatus Lane, 1960
  • Plistonax pictus (Galileo & Martins, 2012)
  • Plistonax rafaeli Martins & Galileo, 2006
  • Plistonax senecauxi Tavakilian & Neouze, 2013
  • Plistonax signatifrons (Zajciw, 1964)

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