Lamia (beetle)

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Lamia is a genus of beetles typical of the subfamily Lamiinae in long-horned beetle family; species are recorded from Europe and North Asia and include the Weaver beetle.[3]

Lamia
Lamia textor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Lamiini
Genus: Lamia
Fabricius, 1775[1]
Synonyms[2]

Morimidus Thomson, 1859

Species

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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[2] includes the following species names:

  • Lamia annulicornis Kirby, 1818 from Brazil: nomen dubium
  • Lamia antiqua Heer, 1879: nomen dubium
  • Lamia petrificata von Heyden & von Heyden, 1866
  • Lamia textor (Linnaeus, 1758) - western Europe through to temperate Asia
  • Lamia vaginator Fabricius, 1787: nomen dubium

Note name changes:

  • Lamia nubila Gmelin, 1790 is now placed in genus Mesosa.
  • Lamia rugulosa Guérin, 1831 is now placed in Athemistus[4]

References

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  1. Fabricius JC (1775) Systema Entomologiae: sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae.: i–xvi; 1–832.
  2. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Lamia Fabricius, 1775 (retrieved 12 April 2026)
  3. BioLib Taxon profile — species Weaver Beetle Lamia textor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  4. TITAN Cerambycidae database: Athemistus rugulosus (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
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