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Spondylidini

Classification Introduction
  • The tribe Spondylidini Audinet-Serville, 1832 currently contains 4 species in 3 genera. Photographs of 2 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Antennae filiform; or moniliform. Penultimate mesotarsomere distinctly shorter than antepenultimate. Antennal insertions concealed from above. Prothoracic trochantin or pleurotrochantin at least partly exposed. Ratio of elytral length to pronotal length 2.6-2.85 (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


Scaphinus muticus
(Fabricius, 1801); dorsal
Cerambycidae:Spondylidinae:Spondylidini
Photograph © N.P. Lord




Scaphinus muticus
(Fabricius, 1801); head
Cerambycidae:Spondylidinae:Spondylidini
Photograph © N.P. Lord



Scaphinus muticus
(Fabricius, 1801); lateral
Cerambycidae:Spondylidinae:Spondylidini
Photograph © N.P. Lord


All Spondylidini 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