Oplatocera

Oplatocera
Oplatocera halli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Tribe:	Xystrocerini
Genus:	Oplatocera White, 1853
Type species
Oplatocera callidioides White, 1853

Oplatocera is a genus of longhorn beetle with about ten species distributed in Asia. The genus is identified by the wide mandibles without teeth on their inner edge with the base being hairy. The antenna base has a thick joint and the third segment is longer than the fourth and the segments shorten from base to tip. The third to seventh antennal segments have spines on the outer margins in some species.[1]

Species are divided into two subgenera and the species currently included in the genus are:

• Subgenus Epioplatocera Gressitt, 1951
  • Oplatocera chujoi Hayashi, 1982 - Philippines (Mindanao)
  • Oplatocera detersa Holzschuh, 2017 - Sumatra
  • Oplatocera halli Lepesme, 1956 - South India
  • Oplatocera khasimontana Hayashi, 1983 - NE India (Assam, Khasi Hills)
  • Oplatocera maculata Pic, 1947 - Vietnam (Tonkin)
  • Oplatocera mandibulata Miwa & Mitono, 1935 - Taiwan
  • Oplatocera mitonoi Hayashi, 1981 - Taiwan
  • Oplatocera oberthuri Gahan, 1906 - Himalayas
  • Oplatocera shibatai Hayashi, 1977 - Borneo, W. Malaysia
  • Oplatocera siamensis Huedepohl, 1994 - Thailand (Chiang Mai)
  • Oplatocera simulata Holzschuh, 2017 - Laos (Hua Phan)
• Subgenus Oplatocera White, 1853 (synonym Hoplitocera Gemminger, 1872)
  • Oplatocera aurociliata Holzschuh, 2016 - NE Laos
  • Oplatocera callidioides White, 1853 - China (Sichuan), Taiwan, "North India" Laos
  • Oplatocera grandis Gressitt, 1951 - China (Sichuan),
  • Oplatocera perroti Lepesme, 1947 - Vietnam (Tonkin)

References

1. Gahan, C.J. (1906). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Volume 1 Cerambycidae. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 107–109.