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Longicorn ID: Tool for Diagnosing Cerambycidae Subfamilies and Tribes
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Xestoleptura crassipes

Classification Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Larva. Head beset with fine slender hairs; epistoma thin; labrum transversely oval, anterior edge broadly rounded from posterior angle, constricted at base; mandible very shining; dorsal angle very abrupt and sharp; one transverse ocellus; last joint of maxillary palpi shortly conical, equal to second. Proeusternum shining, sternellum on anterior half and mesonotum and metanotum velvety asperate; mesosternum and metasternum tuberculate, asperate on anterior border; legs rather robust, joints short, especially the tarsal. Anterior and posterior margins of the ampullae asperate pubescent, tubercles rather irregular, contiguous, not so prominent. Spiracles oval, not strongly rimmed. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
Biology and Economic Importance
  • Biology and economic importance for this taxon coming soon.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens

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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