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

Blosyropus

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Lepturini Latreille, 1802 currently contains ~900 species in >100 genera. Photographs of 20 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body size variable, from small (less than 10 mm) to moderate-sized (between 10-40 mm); body shape variable, from elongate to ovoid to expanded apically; with or without metallic reflection. Antennae variable, from filiform to expanded laterally; antennal length variable, from short (not extending beyond tip of abdomen) to long (extending beyond tip of abdomen). Pronotum shape variable, from cylindrical (distinctly longer than wide) to subquadrate (about as long as wide) or transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles.
Mandibles slender, acute, with a pubescent fringe along inner margin; elytra entire; wings folded at apex; stridulatory plate of mesonotum divided; mentum trapezoidal (Linsley & Chemsak, 1972).

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

Geographic Distribution of Tribe

Biology and Economic Importance

Selected References to Adult Specimens

Selected References to Larvae Specimens

Anoplodera (Anoploderomorpha) monticola
(Nakane, 1955); dorsal
Cerambycidae:Lepturini:Blosyropus
Photograph © N.P. Lord

Anoplodera (Anoploderomorpha) monticola
(Nakane, 1955); lateral
Cerambycidae:Lepturini:Blosyropus
Photograph © N.P. Lord


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