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

Neostenini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Neostenini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 10 species in 4 genera. Photographs of 1 exemplar specimen 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, long, extending beyond tip of abdomen. Pronotum generally subquadrate (about as long as wide); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. Elytral length variable, from brachypterous (distinctly shorter than abdomen) to about as long as abdomen (not distinctly shorter); elytral apices without distinct spines.

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

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