Dectes Sayi
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''Dectes'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
longhorn beetle 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 Antenn ...
s of the subfamily
Lamiinae Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae Cerambycinae is a s ...
. It was described by
John Lawrence LeConte John Lawrence LeConte MD (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomology, entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxon, taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,
in 1852.Bezark, Larry G
''A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World''
. Retrieved 22 May 2012.


Species

* '' Dectes nigripilus'' Chemsak & Linsley, 1986 * '' Dectes sayi'' Dillon and Dillon, 1953 * '' Dectes texanus'' LeConte, 1862


References

Acanthocinini Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte Cerambycidae genera {{Acanthocinini-stub