Mecasoma

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: Tetraopini
Genus: Mecasoma

Species: M. validicornis
Name

Mecasoma Chemsak & Linsley, 1974: 183, nom. nov.

Type species: Tetrops validicornis Bates, 1885 (original designation)
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Tetrops Bates, 1885: 426 (junior homonym of Tetrops Stephens, 1829)

References
Primary references

Chemsak, J.A. & Linsley, E.G. 1974. Reclassification, synonymy, and descriptions of some North and Central American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists' Bulletin 28(4): 181–184. JSTOR Reference page.
Bates H.W. 1885. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, suppl. to Longicornia. London, 5: 249–436. BHL Reference page.

Links

Mecasoma – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H.: TITAN: Cerambycidae database, accessed 2021-08-12.