Oplatocera Explained

Oplatocera is a genus of longhorn beetle with about ten species distributed in Asia. The genus is identified by the wide mandibles without teeth on their inner edge with the base being hairy. The antenna base has a thick joint and the third segment is longer than the fourth and the segments shorten from base to tip. The third to seventh antennal segments have spines on the outer margins in some species.^[1]

Species are divided into two subgenera and the species currently included in the genus are:

• Subgenus Epioplatocera
  • Oplatocera chujoi - Philippines (Mindanao)
  • Oplatocera detersa - Sumatra
  • Oplatocera halli - South India
  • Oplatocera khasimontana - NE India (Assam, Khasi Hills)
  • Oplatocera maculata - Vietnam (Tonkin)
  • Oplatocera mandibulata - Taiwan
  • Oplatocera mitonoi - Taiwan
  • Oplatocera oberthuri - Himalayas
  • Oplatocera shibatai - Borneo, W. Malaysia
  • Oplatocera siamensis - Thailand (Chiang Mai)
  • Oplatocera simulata - Laos (Hua Phan)
• Subgenus Oplatocera (synonym Hoplitocera)
  • Oplatocera aurociliata - NE Laos
  • Oplatocera callidioides - China (Sichuan), Taiwan, "North India" Laos
  • Oplatocera grandis - China (Sichuan),
  • Oplatocera perroti - Vietnam (Tonkin)

Notes and References

1. Book: Gahan, C.J. . 1906. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Volume 1 Cerambycidae.. Taylor and Francis. London. 107-109.