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Plectogasterini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Plectogasterini Quentin & Villiers, 1969 currently contains 20 species in 8 genera. Photographs of 1 exemplar specimen are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Body size variable, from moderate (between 10-40 mm) to large-sized (more than 40 mm); generally ovoid or elongate. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae generally flabellate, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, short, not extending beyond tip of abdomen. Pronotum generally elongate (distinctly longer than wide); lateral margins of pronotum with distinct blunt tubercles or acute spines. 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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Plectogaster pectinicornis
(Bates, 1881); dorsal
lectotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Plectogasterini
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