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Optomerus bispeculifer

Classification Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Mature larva. Head very strongly transverse. Genae bearing numerous rather short, bristly setae. Mouthframe smooth, ferruginous; frontal sutures indistinct. Mandible entirely pitchy. Hypostoma pale ferruginous, smooth; sutures incurved; gula with sutures slightly raised. Maxilla with segment 3 of palp almost as long as segment 2. Labial palpi with segment 2 slightly longer than segment 1. Prothorax with posterior area of pronotum dull, finely micro-granulate; lateral regions dull, velvety micro-spiculate; prosternum velvety micro-spiculate sublaterally; proeusternum with a distinct median, longitudinal, setose elevation. Abdomen with ampullae rather dull, micro-granulate. Tergite 9 without a sclerotized process. Anal lobes sparsely setose. Legs well developed, 3-segmented, slightly shorter than maxillary palp. Spiracles with peritreme rather narrowly oval, thin, pale. Length up to 18 mm; maximum breadth (at prothorax) 5 mm.

    Pupa. Similar to that of Sphecomorpha from which it differs as follows. Elytra subparallel-sided and rounded apically. Abdomen with tergite 9 without a subrectangular elevation. Length up to 14.5 mm; maximum breadth 4.75 mm. Adapted from Duffy (1960).
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 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