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Heteropalpini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Heteropalpini Villiers, 1961 currently contains 3 species in 2 genera. Photographs of 2 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 males bear a long membranous, pubescent appendage which is longer than fourth segment, the latter forming a right angle with the second. Fourth article of maxillary palps of female expanded and truncated at the apex (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


Heteropalpus pretiosus
Buquet, 1843; dorsal
♂ specimen
Disteniidae:Disteniinae:Heteropalpini
Photograph © N.P. Lord




Heteropalpus pretiosus
Buquet, 1843; head
♂ specimen
Disteniidae:Disteniinae:Heteropalpini
Photograph © N.P. Lord



Heteropalpus pretiosus
Buquet, 1843; lateral
♂ specimen
Disteniidae:Disteniinae:Heteropalpini
Photograph © N.P. Lord


All Heteropalpini 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