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

Psilomorphini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Psilomorphini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 10 species in 3 genera. Photographs of 2 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body size variable, from small (less than 10 mm) to moderate-sized (between 10-40 mm); generally elongate. Head distinctly elongate, forming a muzzle. 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 elongate (distinctly longer than wide); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. 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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Psilomorpha tenuipes
Saunders, 1850; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Psilomorphini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns


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