Poeciloxestia

Poeciloxestia
Poeciloxestia lanceolata, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Tribe:	Cerambycini
Genus:	Poeciloxestia Lane, 1965

Poeciloxestia travassosi, Brazil

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.[1][2][3]

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

1. "Catalogue of Life, Poeciloxestia Lane, 1965". Retrieved 2024-09-01.
2. Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
3. 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