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| Leptepania | |
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| Leptepania sulcicollis, Gressit 1951 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Tribe: | Molorchini |
| Genus: | Leptepania Heller, 1924[1] |
Leptepania is a genus of beetles found throughout Asia, including in India, Taiwan, and Japan.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Beetles of this genus possess a short head, the front of which is transverse and slightly convex.[4] The eyes have a small lower lobe that is completely separated from the tiny upper lobe. The antennae are short, not reaching the apex of the abdomen. The prothorax is elongated and widest before the constricted base. Males have a large pubescent cavity on each side of the abdomen while females have a shallow hollow without pubescence. The elytra do not extend beyond the hind coxae. The first leg segment of males expand inwardly into a flat, axe-shaped structure.
Taxonomy
[edit]Leptepania contains the following species:
References
[edit]- ↑ "Leptepania". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Genus Leptepania". iNaturalist. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ Danilevskij, Mihail L. (2020). Catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera (PDF) (updated and revised 2nd ed.). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-42916-1. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ Gardner, J.C.M (1936). "New Indian Cerambycidae" (PDF). The Indian Forest Records. 2 (4): 133. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
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