Elongate-oblong, robust, small to large-sized, ranging from about 11–30 mm in length. Integument generally dark brown, ferrugineous, or black with whitish, ferrugineous, and ochraceous pubescence. Head with frons subquadrate, about as wide as width of two lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes ovate-oblong. Genae subquadrate to elongate, distinctly shorter than lower eye lobes. Antennal tubercles prominent, moderately separated; tubercles not armed at apex (females) or armed with a small projection, or with a short to moderately long, blunt or acute horn directed forward (males). 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 variable in shape, from nearly straight to curved to sinuate, longer than scape and antennomere IV; antennomere XI shorter than X (females) or longer than X (males). Pronotum transverse, roughly cylindrical to conical, wider at base, with lateral tubercles. Elytra with sides roughly parallel; elytral apices individually or jointly rounded; elytra generally uniform in coloration or speckled, or with distinct maculae; base of elytra without tubercles or with two prominent tubercles at humeri, often with several additional prominent, shiny tubercles. Basal 1/3 of elytra with sparse to dense punctation, surface finely punctate, coarsely punctate, or granulate-punctate. Procoxae without projection, or with an obtuse tubercle. Mesosternal process with apex subtruncate 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: subquadrate frons; strongly transverse pronotum, roughly cylindrical to slightly conical, with lateral tubercles; base of elytra with two prominent tubercles at humeri; and elytra with sides roughly parallel to slightly attenuate.
Superficially resembles Ischioderes, Oncideres, and Tybalmia.
North America (USA); Central America (all countries); South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela)
Cannabaceae (Celtis laevigata); Fabaceae (Acacia decurrens, Acaciella angustissima var. filicioides, Dalbergia nigra, Delonix regia, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Hydrochorea pedicellaris, Inga sp., Jupunba curvicarpa, Leucaena pulverulenta, Samanea saman, Parkinsonia aculeata, Peltophorum dubium, Pseudalbizzia inundata, Vachellia farnesiana, V. sphaerocephala); Malvaceae (Gossypium sp.); Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus sp.); Rubiaceae (Coffea arabica [coffee]); Salicaceae (Populus fremontii, Salix nigra)
Some species in this genus are known to girdle branches (M.A. Monné and F.T. Hovore, pers. comm.).
The genus Lochmaeocles has 29 species and subspecies: L. alboplagiatus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. basalis Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. batesi (Aurivillius, 1923); L. callidryas (Bates, 1865Bates, 1865:
Bates HW. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(15):213–225, 382–394; 3(16):101–113, 167–182, 308–314.); L. confertus (Aurivillius, 1923); L. congener (Thomson, 1868Thomson, 1868:
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.); L. consobrinus consobrinus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. consobrinus bolivianus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. cornuticeps cornuticeps (Schaeffer, 1906Schaeffer, 1906:
Schaeffer C. 1906. Two new Onciderini, with notes on some other Coleoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 38:18–23.); L. cornuticeps federalis Dillon and Dillon, 1946; L. cornuticeps pacificus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. cretatus Chemsak and Linsley, 1986; L. fasciatus (Lucas, 1857); L. grisescens Noguera and Chemsak, 1993Noguera and Chemsak, 1993:
Noguera FA, Chemsak JA. 1993. Two new species of Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 69(4):290–294.; L. hondurensis Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. laticinctus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. leuripennis Martins and Galileo, 1995Martins and Galileo, 1995:
Martins UR, Galileo MHM. 1995. Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. V. Onciderini (Lamiinae). Insecta Mundi. 9(1–2):1–5.; L. marmoratus Casey, 1913; L. nigritarsus Chemsak and Linsley, 1986; L. obliquatus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. pseudovestitus Chemsak and Linsley, 1988Chemsak and Linsley, 1988:
Chemsak JA, Linsley EG. 1988. Additional new species of Cerambycidae from the Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Mexico and environs (Coleoptera). Folia Entomologica Mexiana. 77:123–140.; L. pulcher Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp.; L. salvadorensis (Franz, 1954Franz, 1954:
Franz E. 1954. Cerambycidae (Ins. Col.) aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica. 34(4–6):213–229.); L. sladeni (Gahan, 1903); L. sparsus (Bates, 1880); L. tessellatus tessellatus (Thomson, 1868Thomson, 1868:
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.); L. tessellatus costaricae Chemsak, 1986Chemsak, 1986:
Chemsak JA. 1986. New Onciderini from Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 94(1):16–19.; L. vestitus (Bates, 1885); L. zonatus Dillon and Dillon, 1946Dillon and Dillon, 1946:
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp..
More species images are available in the Gallery.
Duffy (1960)Duffy (1960):
Duffy EAJ. 1960. A monograph of the immature stages of Neotropical timber beetles (Cerambycidae). London, British Museum (Natural History). 327 pp. described the larva and pupa of Lochmaeocles fasciatus.
Specimens of this genus have been collected at MV and UV light.
Lochmaeocles Bates, 1880
subtribe: Onciderina
type species: Oncideres callidryas Bates, 1865Bates, 1865:
Bates HW. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(15):213–225, 382–394; 3(16):101–113, 167–182, 308–314.
generic synonymies: Ischiomaeocles Franz, 1954Franz, 1954:
Franz E. 1954. Cerambycidae (Ins. Col.) aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica. 34(4–6):213–229.
Bates (1865), Bates (1880–1886), 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., Chemsak and Linsley (1988)Chemsak and Linsley (1988):
Chemsak JA, Linsley EG. 1988. Additional new species of Cerambycidae from the Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Mexico and environs (Coleoptera). Folia Entomologica Mexiana. 77:123–140., Dillon and Dillon (1946)Dillon and Dillon (1946):
Dillon LS, Dillon ES. 1946. The tribe Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II. Reading, Scientific Publications, Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Number 6. 189–413 pp., Duffy (1960)Duffy (1960):
Duffy EAJ. 1960. A monograph of the immature stages of Neotropical timber beetles (Cerambycidae). London, British Museum (Natural History). 327 pp., Martins and Galileo (1995)Martins and Galileo (1995):
Martins UR, Galileo MHM. 1995. Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. V. Onciderini (Lamiinae). Insecta Mundi. 9(1–2):1–5., 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., Schaeffer (1906)Schaeffer (1906):
Schaeffer C. 1906. Two new Onciderini, with notes on some other Coleoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 38:18–23., Thomson (1868)Thomson (1868):
Thomson J. 1868. Révision du groupe des oncidérites (Lamites, cérambycides, coléoptères). Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. 2(5):41–92.
