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Philini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Philini Thomson, 1861 currently contains 20 species in 5 genera. Photographs of 4 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Antennae borne on raised tubercles. Metaventral discrimen or median line absent. Procoxal cavity strongly transverse. Lateral pronotal carinae incomplete. Mesotarsus with 4 distinct tarsomeres and reduced penultimate one (pseudotetramerous). Ratio of pronotal length to greatest pronotal width 0.67-0.89 (Lawrence, 2007).
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
Geographic Distribution of Tribe Biology and Economic Importance
  • Biology and economic importance for this taxon coming soon.
Selected References to Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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Doesus telephoroides
Pascoe, 1862; dorsal
Vesperidae:Philinae:Philini
Photograph © N.P. Lord




Doesus telephoroides
Pascoe, 1862; head
Vesperidae:Philinae:Philini
Photograph © N.P. Lord



Doesus telephoroides
Pascoe, 1862; lateral
Vesperidae:Philinae:Philini
Photograph © N.P. Lord


All Philini exemplar species images
 

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Longicorn ID last updated 2020  E.H. Nearns, N.P. Lord, S.W. Lingafelter, A. Santos-Silva, K.B. Miller, & J.M. Zaspel