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Megacyllene menalaspis

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ16755186 ↗
Source-derived summary

Megacyllene menalaspis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Chevrolat in 1862.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Megacyllene menalaspis” as species of beetle. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1862—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Megacyllene, menalaspis and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of beetle. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16755186. The first chronological checks are 1862.

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This entry incorporates text from “Megacyllene menalaspis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.