Longicorn ID: Tool for Diagnosing Cerambycoid Families, Subfamilies, and Tribes

Compsocerini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Compsocerini Thomson, 1864 currently contains 127 species in 33 genera. Photographs of 8 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body size variable, from small (less than 10 mm) to moderate-sized (between 10-40 mm); general shape variable, from elongate to expanded apically. Head shape variable, distinctly elongate, forming a muzzle or not. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae variable, from filiform to serrate, flabellate, or expanded laterally, armed with spines or not; antennae 11-segmented, long, extending beyond tip of abdomen; antennae with distinct tufts of setae (hairs) or not. Pronotum variable, generally elongate (distinctly longer than wide) to approximately subquadrate (about as long as wide) or transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. Elytral apices variable, with distinct spines or not. Metafemoral length variable, distinctly longer than profemora or not.

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

Geographic Distribution of Tribe

Biology and Economic Importance

Biology unknown for members of this tribe. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.

Selected References to Adult Specimens

Selected References to Larvae Specimens

Achenoderus octomaculatus
(Fairmaire & Germain, 1861); dorsal
type specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Compsocerini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns

All Compsocerini exemplar species images


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