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

Apomecynini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Apomecynini Thomson, 1860 currently contains 1815 species in 248 genera. Photographs of 22 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body small to moderate-sized, approximately 10-40 mm; generally elongate, rarely ovoid. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae filiform; antennal length variable, from short (not extending beyond elytral apices) to long (generally extending beyond elytral apices by several segments). Head without distinct lateral or anterior projections. Pronotum shape variable, from cylindrical (distinctly longer than wide) to approximately subquadrate (about as wide as long); lateral margins of pronotum without distinct spines or blunt tubercles. Mesocoxal cavity open to mesepimeron. Wings generally complete. Legs with tarsal claws smooth; claws narrowly to moderately separated (divergent) or broadly divergent (divaricate).

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

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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Acrepidopterum jamaicensis
Fisher, 1942; dorsal
holotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Apomecynini
Photograph © S.W. Lingafelter

All Apomecynini exemplar species images


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