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Longicorn ID: Tool for Diagnosing Cerambycidae Subfamilies and Tribes
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Spalacopsis stolata

Classification Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Larva. Very similar in form to Hippopsis. Head more strongly narrowed posteriorly; lateral sutures of pronotum impressed, posterior area white, shining, embossed; entire presternum strongly fused and protuberant posteriorly in a rounded projection. Dorsal ampullae six, these bearing two rows of regular tubercles, ventral ampullae absent except on sixth and seventh segments; ninth abdominal segment swollen, densely ciliate; tergum bearing a fleshy, cylindrical projection, obliquely truncate, having a chitinous point on the ventral margin oi the truncate face. Adapted from Craighead (1923)
Biology and Economic Importance
  • Members of this tribe are known from various host plant families. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
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