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

Onciderini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Onciderini Thomson, 1860 currently contains ~500 species in 82 genera. Photographs of 109 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe. Nearns et al. (2011) provided "Oncid ID," a tool for diagnosing the genera of this tribe, including hundreds of exemplar photographs.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Onciderini has been defined by a combination of characters which are all found in other genera of Lamiinae. Indeed, there are genera of African and Australian Lamiinae which possess most (if not all) of the characters which have traditionally defined Onciderini.
Antennal tubercles generally prominent. Scape without apical cicatrix (except in Cicatrodea). Pronotum generally transverse (rarely subquadrate or elongate). Elytral humeri generally with prominent tubercles. Elytral apices individually or jointly rounded (rarely subtruncate or bidentate).

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

Geographic Distribution of Tribe

Biology and Economic Importance

Adult females of several genera in this tribe (e.g., Ecthoea, Lochmaeocles, Oncideres, Psyllotoxus) girdle branches of various host trees.

Selected References to Adult Specimens

Selected References to Larvae Specimens

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Cacostola clorinda
Dillon & Dillon, 1946; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Onciderini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns

Cacostola grisea
Dillon & Dillon, 1946; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Onciderini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns

Cacostola lineata
(Hamilton, 1896); dorsal
lectotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Onciderini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns

All Onciderini exemplar species images


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