Lamia (genus)

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Lamia textor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Lamiini
Genus: Lamia
Fabricius, 1775
Species: L. textor
Binomial name
Lamia textor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Cerambyx textor Linnaeus, 1758

Lamia is a genus of longhorn beetles, containing the single species Lamia textor.[1] The adult reaches a total body length of 15–29 millimetres (0.59–1.14 in).[1] L. textor has a wide distribution encompassing most of Europe and Asia, from Scandinavia and the Mediterranean Basin to Japan and Siberia.[1] Lamia is the type genus of the subfamily Lamiinae.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eduard Vives (2000). "Tribus Lamiini Latreille, 1825". Coleoptera, Cerambycidae. Fauna Ibérica (in Spanish) 12. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. pp. 433–435. ISBN 9788400070106. 

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