Clytocera Explained

Clytocera is a genus of long-horned beetle in the tribe Clytini. The genus was erected in 1906 for the southern Indian species Clytocera chionospila by Charles Joseph Gahan. The genus was separated from Rhaphuma on the basis of raised and divergent antennal supports.^[1]

Species in the genus include:

• Clytocera assamensis from Assam
• Clytocera anhea
• Clytocera chionospila
• Clytocera gujaratensis (Gujarat, Karnataka)
• Clytocera luteofasciata
• Clytocera montensis
• Clytocera pilosa
• Clytocera taiwanensis

Notes and References

1. Folia Heyrovskyana, series A. 25. 1. 72–88. 2017. A description of six new species of Clytini Mulsant, 1839 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from India and Vietnam. Viktora, Petr. Tichy, Tomas.