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

Ceroplesini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Ceroplesini Thomson, 1860 currently contains 492 species in 88 genera. Photographs of 1 exemplar specimen are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body small to large-sized, approximately 10-40 mm in length or longer; generally elongate. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae filiform, unarmed; antennae variable in length, from short (not extending beyond elytral apices) to long (generally extending beyond elytral apices by several segments). Head without distinct lateral or anterior projections. Pronotum variable, from approximately subquadrate (about as long as wide) to transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum with distinct blunt tubercles. Mesocoxal cavity open to mesepimeron. Wings generally complete. Legs with tarsal claws smooth; claws broadly divergent (divaricate).

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

Geographic Distribution of Tribe

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 Adult Specimens

Selected References to Larvae Specimens

Hecyra obscurator
(Fabricius, 1801); dorsal
syntype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Ceroplesini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns


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