Basitoxus megacephalus ( Germar, 1824 )

MONNÉ, MIGUEL A., 2006, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part III. Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Anoplodermatinae, Aseminae Spondylidinae, Lepturinae, Oxypeltinae, and addenda to the Cerambycinae and Lamiinae,, Zootaxa 1212 (1), pp. 1-244 : 47

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scientific name	Basitoxus megacephalus ( Germar, 1824 )
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1. Basitoxus megacephalus ( Germar, 1824) View in CoL

Type locality— Brazil. (Depository unknown). Distribution — Brazil ( Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina) .

Prionus megacephalus Germar, 1824: 468 View in CoL .

Mallodon megacephalus View in CoL ; Germar in GuérinMéneville, 1839: 329; White, 1853: 44; Thomson, 1867b: 92.

Basitoxus (Basitoxus) megacephalus View in CoL ; Lameere, 1903c: 222; 1915a: 284 (distr.); 1919: 29, pl. 2, figs. 5, 6; Melzer, 1919: 37; Fragoso & Monné, 1995b: 719, figs. 1, 2, 7, 10, 14, 19.

Basitoxus armatus AudinetServille, 1832: 175 View in CoL ; White, 1853: 43; Thomson, 1864: 307; 1867b: 89; Lacordaire, 1869: 120.

Stenodontes (Basitoxus) armatus View in CoL ; Laporte, 1840: 404.

Basitaxus armatus View in CoL ; Chenu, 1870: 307 (error).

Type locality — Brazil. ( BMNH) .

Chiasmetes Pascoe, 1867 View in CoL

Chiasmus Thomson, 1860: 318 View in CoL (preoccupied); 1864: 307; 1867b: 90; Philippi, 1887: 768. Chiasmetes Pascoe, 1867: 411 View in CoL ; Lacordaire, 1869: 128.

Typespecies — Mallodon gracilicorne Buquet, 1844 View in CoL (monotypy). [= Mallodon limae View in CoL Guérin Méneville, 1830].

References

Audinet-Serville, J. G. (1832) Nouvelle classification de la famille des longicornes. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, (1) 1, 118 - 201.

Chenu, J. C. (1870) Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, ou traite complet de cette science d'apres les travaux des naturalistes les plus eminents de tous les pays et de tous les epoques. Firmin- Didot, Paris, Coleopteres, 3, 360 pp., (2 e. ed.).

Fragoso, S. A. & Monne, M. A. (1995 b) Second note on Macrotomini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 55 (4), 715 - 726.

Germar, E. F. (1824) Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Hendel & Sons, Halae, 624 pp.

Lacordaire, J. T. (1869) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coleopteres, ou expose methodique et critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 8, 552 pp.; 9 (1), 409 pp.

Lameere, A. A. (1903 c) Revision des prionides (Sixieme memoire - Basitoxus). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 47, 213 - 224.

Lameere, A. A. (1915 a) Note sur quelques Prioninae (Col., Cerambycidae) de la collection de Em. Gounelle. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 84, 283 - 286.

Laporte, F. L. N. (1840) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coleopteres. Dumenil, Paris, 2, 563 pp.

Melzer, J. (1919) Os longicorneos brazileiros da subfamilia Prioninae tomando em consideracao particular as especies do Estado de Sao Paulo. Revista do Museu Paulista, 11, 1 - 207.

Pascoe, F. P. (1867) Diagnostic characters of some new genera and species of Prionidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (3) 19, 410 - 413.

Philippi, F. H. E. (1887) Catalogo de los Coleopteros de Chile. Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 71, 619 - 806.

Thomson, J. (1860) Essai d'une classification de la famille des cerambycides et materiaux pour servir a une monographie de cette famille. Bouchard-Huzard, Paris, 404 pp.

Thomson, J. (1864) Systema cerambycidarum ou expose de tous les genres compris dans la famille des cerambycides et familles limitrophes. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 19, 1 - 540.

Thomson, J. (1867 b) Revision du groupe des mallodonites (Insectes coleopteres, prionites, cerambycides). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle, 1 (2), 85 - 106.

White, A. (1853) Catalogue of the coleopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Longicornia 1. British Museum, London, 7,174 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Cerambycidae
Genus	Basitoxus