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Methiini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Methiini Lacordaire, 1860 currently contains 93 species in 17 genera. Photographs of exemplar specimens are coming soon.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Body size variable, from small (less than 10 mm) to moderate-sized (between 10-40 mm); generally elongate. Head width compared to pronotum variable, distinctly wider than pronotum or not. 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 generally subquadrate (about as long as wide); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. Mesocoxal cavities open to mesepimeron. Elytra brachypterous (distinctly shorter than abdomen); 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


Methia necydalea
(Fabricius, 1798); dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Methiini
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