March 2026: Since the original publication of this tool, one new species of Lesbates Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp. was described (Barros et al. 2019Barros et al. 2019:
Barros RC, Júlio CEA, Nearns, EH. 2019. Notes on Onciderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae): description of a new species of Lesbates Dillon & Dillon and new distribution records. Zootaxa. 4565(1):124-130.). This species is added to the "Included Species". Other sections in this fact sheet have not been edited to account for the new species.
Elongate-ovate, robust, small to large-sized, ranging from about 11–21 mm in length. Integument generally dark brown or black with whitish, ferrugineous, black, and ochraceous pubescence. Head with frons elongate, about as wide as width of three lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes ovate-oblong. Genae elongate, about as tall or distinctly taller than lower eye lobes. Antennal tubercles prominent, moderately to narrowly separated; tubercles not armed at apex or armed with a small projection, or with a short, blunt horn, or with a moderately long, acute horn. Antennae about as long as overall body length, or as much as twice as long; scape clavate, about as long or shorter than antennomere IV; antennomere III curved or sinuate, longer than scape and antennomere IV. Pronotum transverse, roughly conical, wider at base, without lateral tubercles. Elytra with sides attenuate; elytral apices individually rounded; elytra generally uniform in coloration or speckled, or with distinct maculae; base of elytra with two prominent tubercles or transverse ridges at humeri. Basal 1/3 of elytra with sparse to dense punctation, surface finely punctate, coarsely punctate or granulate-punctate. Procoxae without projection or with distinct, curved hook (males). Mesosternal process with apex feebly to deeply emarginate. Metafemora moderate to short in length, about 1/3–1/4 as long as elytra.
The combination of the following characters will help to distinguish this genus: distinctly small eyes, widely separated; elytra with sides strongly attenuate; and base of elytra with two prominent tubercles or transverse ridges at humeri.
Strongly resembles Delilah, Hypsioma, and Typhlocerus.
South America (Brazil, Venezuela)
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The genus Lesbates currently contains six species: L. acromii (Dalman, 1823Dalman, 1823:
Dalman JW. 1823. Analecta entomologica. Holmiae, viii + 108 pp., 4 pl.); L. axillaris (Thomson, 1860Thomson, 1860:
Thomson J. 1860. Essai d'une classification de la famille des cérambycides et materiaux pour servir a une monographie de cette famille. Paris.); L. carissima Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.; L. caviunas (Dillon and Dillon, 1949Dillon and Dillon, 1949:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1949. Miscellaneous synonymy and new species among the Lamiinae (Cerambycidae). American Museum Novitates. 1388:1–13.); L. chavesi Barros, Júlio, and Nearns, 2019; L. milleri Nearns and Swift, 2011Nearns and Swift, 2011:
Nearns EH, Swift IP. 2011. New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Insecta Mundi. 0192:1–27..
More species images are available in the Gallery.
Lesbates Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.
subtribe: Onciderina
type species: Lamia acromii Dalman, 1823Dalman, 1823:
Dalman JW. 1823. Analecta entomologica. Holmiae, viii + 108 pp., 4 pl.
generic synonymies: Truncatoides Dillon and Dillon, 1945Dillon and Dillon, 1945:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp.
Barros et al. (2019)Barros et al. (2019):
Barros RC, Júlio CEA, Nearns, EH. 2019. Notes on Onciderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae): description of a new species of Lesbates Dillon & Dillon and new distribution records. Zootaxa. 4565(1):124-130., Bezark and Monné (2013)Bezark and Monné (2013):
Bezark LG, Monné MA. 2013. Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae, (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere., Dalman (1823)Dalman (1823):
Dalman JW. 1823. Analecta entomologica. Holmiae, viii + 108 pp., 4 pl., Dillon and Dillon (1945)Dillon and Dillon (1945):
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1945. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part I. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 5. 186 pp., Dillon and Dillon (1949)Dillon and Dillon (1949):
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1949. Miscellaneous synonymy and new species among the Lamiinae (Cerambycidae). American Museum Novitates. 1388:1–13., Monné (2005)Monné (2005):
Monné MA. 2005. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Zootaxa. 1023:1–759., Nearns and Swift (2011)Nearns and Swift (2011):
Nearns EH, Swift IP. 2011. New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Insecta Mundi. 0192:1–27., Thomson (1860)Thomson (1860):
Thomson J. 1860. Essai d'une classification de la famille des cérambycides et materiaux pour servir a une monographie de cette famille. Paris.
