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Tillomorphini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Tillomorphini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 243 species in 32 genera. Photographs of 1 exemplar specimen 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. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae generally filiform, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, antennal length variable, from short (not extending beyond tip of abdomen) to 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 unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. Elytral markings variable, with distinct, raised, yellowish markings (not formed by setae) or without; 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



Epropetes bolivianus
Galileo & Martins, 2008; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Tillomorphini
Photograph © G.D. Ouellette




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