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Platyarthrini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Platyarthrini Bates, 1870 currently contains 6 species in 1 genus. 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, short, not extending beyond tip of abdomen. Pronotum generally elongate (distinctly longer than wide), lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. 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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Platyarthron bilineatum
Guerin-Meneville, 1844; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Platyarthrini
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