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Desmiphorini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860 currently contains ~1,600 species in 319 genera. Photographs of 20 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Body small to moderate-sized, approximately 10-40 mm; generally elongate; body often with dense, erect setae. 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 (extending beyond elytral apices by several segments), generally extending beyond elytral apices; antennae with or without dense setae along segments. Head without distinct lateral or anterior projections. Pronotum shape variable, from cylindrical (distinctly longer than wide) to approximately subquadrate (about as long as wide); lateral margins of pronotum variable, with or without distinct spines or blunt tubercles. Mesocoxal cavity open to mesepimeron. Wings generally complete. Legs with tarsal claws smooth; claws narrowly to moderately separated (divergence) or broadly divergent (divaricate).
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
Geographic Distribution of Tribe 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 Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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Acaua exotica
Martins & Galileo, 1995; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Desmiphorini
Photograph © A.M. Hodson




Amymoma pulchella
Pascoe, 1866; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Desmiphorini
Photograph © E.H. Nearns




Cicatrisestola flavicans
Breuning, 1947; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Desmiphorini
Photograph © A.M. Hodson



All Desmiphorini 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