Apomecyna
TaxonApomecyna
AuthorityAudinet-Serville, 1835
Synonyms
  • Mecynapus Thomson, 1858
  • Pseudalbana Pic, 1895
  • Anapomecyna Pic. 1925
  • Parapomecyna Breuning, 1968
Type speciesLamia histrio
Type species authorityFabricius, 1792

Apomecyna is a genus of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, containing over 80 species worldwide, primarily in the Old World. Many species use plants in the family Cucurbitaceae as hosts.

Beetles in this genus are cylindrical and elongate with thick antennae that are shorter than the body. The antennae have the third segment as long or longer than the fourth and much longer than the first. The fifth and subsequent antennal segments are short. The eye is emarginate with the ventral lobe running transverse. Underneath the body, there is a narrow prosternal process while the mesosternal process slopes towards the apex.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ Biswas, S. & P. K. Basak (1993). "Studies on Longicorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India Part I. On Indian Species of Apomecyna Latreilie with a Key to Indian Genera of Tribe Apomecynini.". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 92: 161-172.