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Diorini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Diorini Lane, 1950 currently contains 1 species in 1 genus. Photographs of 2 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Body moderate-sized, between 10-40 mm; generally elongate. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae generally filiform, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, short, not extending beyond tip of abdomen. Pronotum generally transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins variable, with distinct blunt tubercles or not. Mesocoxal cavities open to mesepimeron. Elytral apices with distinct spines.
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
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
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Diorus biapiculatus
White, 1853; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Diorini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns




Diorus biapiculatus
White, 1853; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Diorini
Photograph © A.M. Hodson




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Longicorn ID last updated 2020  E.H. Nearns, N.P. Lord, S.W. Lingafelter, A. Santos-Silva, K.B. Miller, & J.M. Zaspel