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Disteniini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Disteniini Thomson, 1861 currently contains ~350 species in ~30 genera. Photographs of 13 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Antennae longer than body, equipped with a fringe of long hairs. Maxillary palps of male simple, without membranous appendage. Fourth article of maxillary palps of females fusiform (Villiers, 1961).
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
Geographic Distribution of Tribe Biology and Economic Importance
  • Adults on plant surfaces; larvae in wood; xylophagous (Lawrence, 2007).
Selected References to Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens


Abauba napoensis
Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2009; dorsal
Disteniidae:Disteniinae:Disteniini
Photograph © N.P. Lord




Abauba napoensis
Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2009; head
Disteniidae:Disteniinae:Disteniini
Photograph © N.P. Lord



Abauba napoensis
Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2009; lateral
Disteniidae:Disteniinae:Disteniini
Photograph © N.P. Lord


All Disteniini 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