Curius dentatus Classification Family Cerambycidae > Subfamily Cerambycinae > Tribe Curiini > Genus Curius Diagnostic Features of Larvae Larva. Form stout, very much depressed; integument thick, shining, sparsely covered with fine whitish hairs. Head depressed, trapezoidal, wide behind and very suddenly narrowed in front; mouth frame corneous, smooth; clypeus and labrum thick, latter rectangularly oval, coarsely punctured; mandibles dull, except tips, broad, basal piece about one-third width of distal; antennae, fleshy, first and second joints subequal, little longer than wide, third longer, supplementary minute; ocellus large, protuberant; gena not shouldered but densely covered with slender bristles; ventral mouth-parts quite long; first and second joints of maxillary palpi transverse, last twice length of second, equal to last labial; process of palpifer as long as last maxillary joint. Prothorax depressed, trapezoidal; pronotum trapezoidal, about two-thirds as long as wide, anteriorly sparsely hairy, posteriorly dull, covered with small, flat, regular granulations, no median suture; sternum broad, posteriorly granulate; ventro-lateral suture not impressed; sternellar fold short, protuberant at extremities and broadly fused into epipleurum. Mesonotum and metanotum dull, granulate. Legs minute, three-jointed, very short. Abdomen depressed; hypopleural area strongly protuberant laterally, as well as spiracular region; dorsal ampullae broad, flat, dull, granulate, no markings; ventral similar except that the third, fourth, fifth and sixth are divided in the middle by a longitudinal band of very rugose, semi-corneous texture. Pleural discs on second abdominal segment dull, granulate. Spiracles minute, smaller than ocellus, sub-orbicular. Pupa: The pupa is very similar to that of Molorchus in the arrangement of hairs and spines Three transverse bands of hairs on pronotum; mesonotum and metanotum glabrous; each abdominal tergum bearing two transverse rows of very small points, arranged in four groups the two anterior smaller; the seventh and eighth have several large recurved spines and the anal lobes bear two. Adapted from Craighead (1923). 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 Larvae Specimens Craighead, 1923