America

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Disteniidae
Tribus: Disteniini
Genus: America
Species: A. aberlenci – A. amabilis – A. amethystina – A. berkovae – A. bicolor – A. biplagiata – A. columbiana – A. cuneata – A. festiva – A. flavipennis – A. flavoviridis – A. hermieri – A. hilaris – A. hovorei – A. laetifica – A. larrei – A. lingafelteri – A. marcelae – A. mariahelenae – A. morrisi – A. peruviana – A. pulcherrima – A. quadrimaculata – A. solangeae – A. solisi – A. spinipennis – A. spinosa – A. thomasi – A. thouvenoti – A. tuberevexa – A. tumidicollis – A. wappesi
Name

America Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2009

Type species: Cometes laetificus Bates, 1870

References
Primary references

Santos-Silva, A. & Tavakilian, G.L. 2009. Démembrement du genre Cometes Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 102–103: 1–47, 64 figs. Full article Part 1 (PDF)Full article part 2 (PDF) Reference page. : 5,29, 32–34

Additional references

Botero, J.P. & Santos-Silva, A. 2020. Three new species, taxonomic notes, and new geographical records of Neotropical Disteniidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(3): 143-167. DOI: 10.3956/2020-96.3.143. Paywall. Reference page.

Links

America – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: America.
TITAN Cerambycidae database: [1]