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

Smodicini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Smodicini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 22 species in 8 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 elongate. 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 variable, from generally elongate (distinctly longer than wide) to subquadrate (about as wide as long) or transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins of pronotum unarmed, without distinct spines or tubercles. Pronotum shape variable, distinctly narrower basally or not. Mesocoxal cavities open to mesepimeron. 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

Marupiara castanea
Martins & Galileo, 2006; dorsal
♀ specimen
Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae:Smodicini
Photograph © G.D. Ouellette


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