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Pleiarthrocerini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Pleiarthrocerini Lane, 1950 currently contains 1 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 not distinctly emarginate, not surrounding antennal insertions and forming two distinct lobes (upper and lower). Antennae generally serrate, flabellate, or expanded laterally, unarmed; antennae with more than 12 segments, antennal length variable, from short (not extending beyond tip of abdomen) to long (extending beyond tip of abdomen). Pronotum generally transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum with distinct acute spines. Mesocoxal cavities open to mesepimeron. Elytral apices with 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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Pleiarthrocerus opacus
Bruch, 1914; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Pleiarthrocerini
Photograph © A.M. Hodson




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