| 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 |
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.
Species
These 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
- "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
- Citizen science observations for Poeciloxestia at iNaturalist
Media related to Poeciloxestia at Wikimedia Commons
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