Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 4, 2026

A Concoction Pipeline for Generating Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTUs) Among Riparian and Aquatic Beetles
Published on: July 11, 2025
New species and new combination in the genus Plistonax Thomson, 1864 (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthoderini)
José Osvaldo Júnior Silva1, Kirstern Lica Follmann Haseyama, Diego DE Santana Souza
1Department of Zoology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.. juniorbio0230@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Plistonax Thomson, 1864 is a Neotropical genus of longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) currently composed of six species. Herein, we describe a new species (Plistonax albituberculatus Silva Júnior Souza sp. nov.) from Brazilian States of Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. We also propose the transference of Exalphus hefferni Audureau, 2017 to Plistonax, resulting in the following comb. nov.: Plistonax hefferni (Audureau, 2017).
Related Concept Videos
What is a Species?
Speciation Rates
Formation of Species
Phylogeny
Taxonomy
Hierarchy of Taxonomy
The hierarchy that Carolus Linnaeus first...
Genetics of Speciation

