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Eligmodermini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Eligmodermini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 12 species in 5 genera. Photographs of 1 exemplar specimen 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); generally elongate. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae generally filiform, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, long, extending beyond tip of abdomen. Pronotum variable, from generally elongate (distinctly longer than wide) to approximately subquadrate (about as long as wide); lateral margins of pronotum variable, with distinct blunt tubercles or not. Elytral apices without 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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Eligmoderma ibidionoides
Thomson, 1864; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Eligmodermini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns




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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