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Pteroplatini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Pteroplatini Thomson, 1861 currently contains 48 species in 10 genera. Photographs of 2 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); generally ovoid or expanded apically. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae generally serrate, flabellate, or expanded laterally, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, antennal length variable, from short (not extending beyond tip of abdomen) to long (extending beyond tip of abdomen). Pronotum generally transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. Elytral apices without distinct spines.
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
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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Deltosoma xerophila
Di Iorio, 1995; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Pteroplatini
Photograph © G.D. Ouellette




Pteroplatus anchora
Belon, 1903; dorsal
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Pteroplatini
Photograph © G.D. Ouellette




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