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Batocerini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Batocerini Thomson, 1864 currently contains 145 species in 10 genera. Photographs of 7 exemplar specimen are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Body moderate to large-sized, often exceeding 40 mm in length; generally elongate. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae filiform, unarmed; antennae long, generally extending beyond elytral apices by several segments. Head without distinct lateral or anterior projections. Pronotum transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum with distinct acute spines. Mesocoxal cavity open to mesepimeron. Wings generally complete. Legs with tarsal claws smooth; claws narrowly to moderately separated (divergent) or broadly divergent (divaricate). Elytral humeri with or without spines.
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
Geographic Distribution of Tribe Biology and Economic Importance
  • Members of this tribe are commonly intercepted at ports of entry around the world. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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Apriona irma
Kriesche, 1920; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Batocerini
Photograph © S.W. Lingafelter




Apriona neglecta
Ritsema, 1911; dorsal
syntype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Batocerini
Photograph © S.W. Lingafelter




Apriona sublaevis
Thomson, 1878; dorsal
lectotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Batocerini
Photograph © S.W. Lingafelter



All Batocerini exemplar species images
 

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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