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

Macronini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Macronini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 15 species in 4 genera. Photographs of 2 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body size variable, from moderate (10-40 mm) to large-sized (more than 40 mm); generally elongate. Head shape variable, distinctly elongate, forming a muzzle or not. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae generally filiform, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, antennal length variable, from short (not extending beyond tip of abdomen) to long (extending beyond tip of abdomen). Pronotum generally elongate (distinctly longer than wide); lateral margins of pronotum with distinct blunt tubercles. Elytral length variable, from brachypterous (distinctly shorter than abdomen) to about as long as abdomen (not distinctly shorter); elytral shape variable, distinctly acuminate (forming an acute point) or not; elytral apices without distinct spines.

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

Geographic Distribution of Tribe

Biology and Economic Importance

Biology unknown for members of this tribe. 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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