Dorysthenes

Dorysthenes
Museum specimen of Dorysthenes buqueti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Prioninae
Tribe:	Prionini
Genus:	Dorysthenes Vigors, 1826

Dorysthenes is a genus of Asian longhorn beetles of the subfamily Prioninae.

Subgenera and species

BioLib ^[1] includes the following subgenera:

1. BaladevaG. Waterhouse, 1840
   1. Dorysthenes sternalis (Fairmaire, 1902)
   2. Dorysthenes walkeri (Waterhouse, 1840)
2. CyrtognathusDejean, 1835
   1. Dorysthenes paradoxus (Faldermann, 1833)
3. DorysthenesVigors, 1826
   1. Dorysthenes davidis Fairmaire, 1886
   2. Dorysthenes montanus (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
   3. Dorysthenes rostratus (Fabricius, 1792)
4. DissosternusHope, 1833
   1. Dorysthenes pertii (Hope, 1834)
5. OpisognathusJ. Thomson, 1860
   1. Dorysthenes forficatus (Fabricius, 1792)
6. ParaphrusJ. Thomson, 1861
   1. Dorysthenes bucseki Hergovits, 2022
   2. Dorysthenes granulosus (Thomson, 1860)
   3. Dorysthenes planicollis (Bates, 1878)
7. PrionomimusLameere, 1912
   1. Dorysthenes elegans Ohbayashi, 1981
8. LophosternusGuérin-Méneville, 1844

species recognised in this subgenus (possibly incomplete) include: ^[2]

• Dorysthenes angulicollis (Fairmaire, 1886)
• Dorysthenes beli Lameere, 1911
• Dorysthenes buqueti (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Dorysthenes dentipes (Fairmaire, 1902)
• Dorysthenes florentinii (Fairmaire, 1895)
• Dorysthenes fossatus (Pascoe, 1857)
• Dorysthenes gracilipes Lameere, 1915
• Dorysthenes huegelii (Redtenbacher, 1848)
• Dorysthenes hydropicus (Pascoe, 1857)
• Dorysthenes igai Matsushita, 1941
• Dorysthenes indicus (Hope, 1831)
• Dorysthenes pici Lameere, 1912
• Dorysthenes zivetta (Thomson, 1877)

References

1. BioLib.cz: genus Dorysthenes Vigors, 1826 (retrieved 23 July 2025)
2. "Cerambycidae Catalog (Old World)". bezbycids.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.