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Phoracanthini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Phoracanthini Newman, 1840 currently contains 219 species in 22 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, armed with spines or not; 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, distinct blunt tubercles or acute spines or unarmed (without tubercles or spines). Elytral apices with distinct spines.
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
Geographic Distribution of Tribe Biology and Economic Importance
  • Members of this tribe are native to Australasian region. Several species have been introduced worldwide, for example Phorantha recurva (eucalyptus longhorned beetle). More information on this genus is available at: cabi.org.
Selected References to Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens


Phoracantha semipunctata
(Fabricius, 1775); dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Phoracanthini
Photograph © G.D. Ouellette




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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