Epicasta

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: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Desmiphorini
Genus: Epicasta

Note: tribus Epicastini by BioLib.

Species: E. ocellata – E. turbida
Name

Epicasta Thomson, 1864

Type species: Epicasta ocellata Thomson, 1864 (original designation & monotypy)

Synonyms

Psaumis Pascoe, 1866
Type species: Psaumis turbidus Pascoe, 1866 (monotypy)

References
Primary references

Thomson, J. 1864. Systema Cerambycidarum ou exposé de tous les genres compris dans la famille des cérambycides et familles limitrophes. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 19: 1–540. BHL Reference page. : 90
Pascoe, F.P. 1866. Longicornia Malayana; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of the three Longicorn Families Lamiidae, Cerambycidae and Prionidae collected by Mr. A.R. Wallace in the Malay Archipelago. (Part III). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London ser. 3, 3(3): 225–336, pls X–XV. BHL Reference page. : 228 (key), 246

Links

Epicasta – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H.: TITAN: Cerambycidae database, accessed 2021-03-18.

Epicasta is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae,[1] containing the following species:

Epicasta ocellata Thomson, 1864
Epicasta turbida (Pascoe, 1866)

References

Biolib.cz - Epicasta. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.