Mesechthistatus

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Mesechthistatus
Mesechthistatus spp Nakamine Takeda 2008.jpg
1. M. binodosus; 2. M. furciferus; 3. M. taniguchii; 4. M. fujisanus. [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Phrissomini
Genus: Mesechthistatus
Breuning, 1950
Type species
Echthisatus binodosus
Waterhouse, 1881
Mesechthistatus spp range Nakamine Takeda 2008.jpg
Range of Mesechthistatus species on the Japanese islands of Honshu and Sado. [1]

Mesechthistatus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. [1] [2] [3] [4] Mesechthistatus have atrophied hindwings and are thereby flightless. [1]

Species

There are four widely recognized species that all occur in Japan: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Mesechthistatus taniguchii is also known from China. [5] A fifth species, Mesechthistatus yamahoiMitono, 1943 had not been recorded since the initial description of a specimen from Taiwan and its status as a species was deemed questionable by Nakamine & Takeda in 2008; [1] however, it is treated as valid by the Catalogue of Life in Taiwan that also includes a modern photograph. [6] Yet other sources place this species in its own monotypic genus, Mimechthistatus . [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nakamine, Hiroshi & Takeda, Makio (2008). "Molecular phylogenetic relationships of flightless beetles belonging to the genus Mesechthistatus Breuning, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) inferred from mitochondrial COI gene sequences". Journal of Insect Science. 8 70. doi: 10.1673/031.008.7001 . PMC   3127405 .
  2. 1 2 Tavakilian, Gérard & Chevillotte, Hervé. "Mesechthistatus Breuning, 1950". TITAN: Cerambycidae database. IRD-MNHN/GBIF France. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Mesechthistatus Breuning, 1950". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Mesechthistatus Breuning, 1950". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Tavakilian, Gérard & Chevillotte, Hervé. "Mesechthistatus taniguchii (Seki, 1944)". TITAN: Cerambycidae database. IRD-MNHN/GBIF France. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Mesechthistatus yamahoi (Mitono, 1943)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (TaiCOL). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Mimechthistatus Breuning, 1956". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Tavakilian, Gérard & Chevillotte, Hervé. "Mimechthistatus yamahoi (Mitono, 1943)". TITAN: Cerambycidae database. IRD-MNHN/GBIF France. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Mimechthistatus Breuning, 1956". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 October 2025.


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