Distenia

Distenia
Distenia gracilis (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Disteniidae
Tribe: Disteniini
Genus: Distenia
Serville, 1825

Distenia is a genus of disteniid beetle.

Genomics

A chromosome-level genome assembly for Distenia gracilis was published in 2026, representing the first reference genome for the family Disteniidae. The assembled genome is approximately 1.89 Gb in size, with 97.1% of the assembly anchored to 10 chromosomes. The genome assembly has a BUSCO completeness of 99.27%, and 77,131 protein-coding genes were predicted, of which 33,643 were functionally annotated.[1]

Species

  • Distenia agroides Bates, 1870
  • Distenia ampliata Pu, 1985
  • Distenia angustata Bates, 1870
  • Distenia annulicornis Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia bouganvilleana Schwarzer, 1923
  • Distenia caerulescens Gounelle, 1911
  • Distenia carinata Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia chaparensis Tippmann, 1953
  • Distenia charynae Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007
  • Distenia cinctipennis Gounelle, 1911
  • Distenia columbina Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828
  • Distenia cyaneipennis Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia dayak Villiers, 1958
  • Distenia dillonorum Lingafelter, 2007
  • Distenia dissimilis Chiang & Wu, 1987
  • Distenia dohertii Gahan, 1906
  • Distenia dravidiana Gahan, 1906
  • Distenia esmeralda Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia fastuosa Pascoe, 1871
  • Distenia femoralis (Boppe, 1921)
  • Distenia forcipata Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia formosana Mitono, 1936
  • Distenia fossulata Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia fulvipennis Gressit, 1935
  • Distenia gracilis (Blessig, 1872)
  • Distenia granulipes Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia gressitti Lingafelter, 2007
  • Distenia heterotarsalis Heller, 1923
  • Distenia japonica Bates, 1873
  • Distenia kalidasae (Lameere, 1890)
  • Distenia langurioides Bates, 1885
  • Distenia levitemporalis Heller, 1924
  • Distenia limbata Bates, 1885
  • Distenia macella Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia marcelae Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007
  • Distenia marinonii Botero & Almeida, 2019
  • Distenia mellina Holzschuh, 1995
  • Distenia mermudesi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007
  • Distenia metallica Villiers, 1958
  • Distenia minor Gressitt, 1959
  • Distenia nigrosparsa Pic, 1914
  • Distenia notabilis Chiang & Wu, 1987
  • Distenia orientalis Bi & Lin, 2013[2]
  • Distenia peninsularis Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2008
  • Distenia perforans Holzschuh, 1995
  • Distenia phaeocera Bates, 1880
  • Distenia picea Chiang & Wu, 1987
  • Distenia pici Villiers, 1958
  • Distenia pilosa Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia plumbea Holzschuh, 1993
  • Distenia pryeri Pascoe, 1885
  • Distenia punctulata Dillon & Dillon, 1952
  • Distenia puctulatoides Hubweber, 2010
  • Distenia rufipes Bates, 1870
  • Distenia rufobrunnea Holzschuh, 1995
  • Distenia rugiscapis Bates, 1885
  • Distenia sallaei Bates, 1885
  • Distenia samarensis Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia semiflava Villiers, 1958
  • Distenia shennongjiaensis Pu, 1985
  • Distenia solangeae Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007
  • Distenia sparsepunctata Pic, 1928
  • Distenia spinipennis Fisher, 1946
  • Distenia splendens Bates, 1870
  • Distenia stenola Chiang & Wu, 1987
  • Distenia striaticollis Villiers, 1959
  • Distenia sumatrensis Schwarzer, 1924
  • Distenia suturalis Bates, 1870
  • Distenia tavakiliani Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007
  • Distenia tonkinea Villiers, 1958
  • Distenia tricostata Chiang & Wu, 1987
  • Distenia tuberosa Pu, 1985
  • Distenia turnbowi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2007
  • Distenia viridicyanea (Thomson, 1864)
  • Distenia wolongensis Chiang & Wu, 1997

References

  1. โ†‘ Kim, Sangil; Farrell, Brian D. (2026-05-12). "First reference genome for the family Disteniidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea), the sister lineage to all longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae)". Scientific Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07413-x. PMID 42120419.
  2. โ†‘ Bi; Lin (2013). "Description of a new species of Distenia (Coleoptera, Disteniidae, Disteniini) from Southeastern China, with records and diagnoses of similar species". ZooKeys (275): 77โ€“89. doi:10.3897/zookeys.275.4700. PMC 3677328. PMID 23794812.