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Issue: Vol. 5785 No. 2: 30 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.2.7
Page range: 362-372
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 3

New taxa of the tribe Apomecynini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Mexico

Estación de Biología Chamela; sede Colima; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Apartado Postal 21; San Patricio; Jalisco 48980; México
Division of Invertebrate Zoology; American Museum of Natural History; New York City; NY; USA
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIβγC); Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; Av. Universidad 1001; Col. Chamilpa; Cuernavaca; Morelos 62209; MMéxico
Museu de Zoologia; Universidade de S\x00e3o Paulo; São Paulo; SP; Brazil
Coleoptera Longhorned beetle Neotropical Region taxonomy

Abstract

Four new taxa of the tribe Apomecynini are described from Mexico: Apomystirio gen. nov. and Apomystirio hispidum sp. nov. from the state of Chiapas; Adetaptera ignota sp. nov. from the state of Chiapas; and Adetus lunaris sp. nov. from the state of Jalisco.

 

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How to Cite

Noguera, F.A., Gutiérrez-Trejo, N., Toledo-Hernández, V.H. & Santos-Silva, A. (2026) New taxa of the tribe Apomecynini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Mexico. Zootaxa, 5785 (2), 362–372. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.2.7