''Monnechroma'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

, containing the following species:Bezark, Larry G
A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World
. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. * '' Monnechroma azureum'' (Demets, 1976) * '' Monnechroma hovorei'' (Giesbert, 1998) * ''

Monnechroma seabrai ''Monnechroma'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:Bezark, Larry GA Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. * ''Monnechroma azureum'' (Demets, 1976) * ''Mon ...

'' (Fragoso & Monné, 1989) * ''

Monnechroma subpulvereum ''Monnechroma subpulvereum'' is a species of beetle in the family Longhorn beetle, Cerambycidae. It was described by Martin Schmidt in 1924,Bezark, Larry GA Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on May 22, 2012. who nam ...

'' (Schmidt, 1924) * ''

Monnechroma tibiale ''Monnechroma tibiale'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Giesbert in 1987.Bezark, Larry GA Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on May 22, 2012. It is known from Costa Rica ...

'' (Giesbert, 1987) * ''

Monnechroma uniforme ''Monnechroma uniforme'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Gounelle in 1911.Bezark, Larry GA Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on May 22, 2012. It is known from southeastern Bra ...

'' (Gounelle, 1911) The genus is a ''

nomen novum In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), replacement name (or new replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a replacement scientific name that is created when technical, nomenclatural reasons have mad ...

'' for Martin Schmidt's subgenus ''Xenochroma'' (later raised to genus status); the genus ''

Xenochroma ''Xenochroma'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classifie ...

'' was a

senior homonym In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the s ...

. Miguel A. Monné is the namesake of the genus ''Monnechroma''.

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