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Alanizini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Alanizini Di Iorio, 2003 currently contains 1 species in 1 genus. Photographs of exemplar specimens are coming soon.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Body small-sized, less than 10 mm; elongate. Eyes reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae filiform, unarmed; antennal 11-segmented, short, not extending beyond tip of abdomen. Pronotum elongate (distinctly longer than wide); lateral margins of pronotum with distinct spines. Mesocoxal cavities closed to mesepimeron. Elytral apices without distinct spines.
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
Geographic Distribution of Tribe Biology and Economic Importance
  • Host plant reported in original description of species: Schinusm olle L. (Anacardiaceae).
Selected References to Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens


Alanizus tortuosus
Di Iorio, 2003; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Alanizini




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