Elongate-oblong, small-sized, ranging from about 8–9 mm in length. Integument generally dark brown or ferrugineous with whitish, ferrugineous, and ochraceous pubescence. Head with frons subquadrate to transverse, about as wide as width of four lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes ovate. Genae elongate, distinctly taller than lower eye lobes. Antennal tubercles prominent, widely separated; tubercles not armed at apex. Antennae about as long as overall body length, or as much as 1 2/3 times as long; scape clavate, about as long as antennomere IV; antennomere III nearly straight or curved, longer than scape and about as long or longer than antennomere IV. Pronotum transverse, roughly cylindrical and conical, distinctly narrower at base, with or without lateral tubercles. Elytra with sides roughly parallel to slightly expanding to apex; elytral apices jointly rounded; elytra generally uniform in coloration to lightly speckled; base of elytra with without prominent tubercles at humeri. Basal 1/3 of elytra with dense punctation, surface coarsely punctate to granulate-punctate. Procoxae without projection or with small acute projection. Mesosternal process with apex subtruncate to feebly emarginate. Metafemora short to distinctly short in length, about 1/4–1/5 as long as elytra.
The combination of the following characters will help to distinguish this genus: relatively small; small eyes, widely separated; elytra with sides roughly parallel to slightly expanding to apex; and short metafemora.
Strongly resembles some species of Oncideres as well as Periergates and Taricanus.
Central America (Mexico)
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The genus Microcanus currently contains one species: M. minor (Bates, 1885).
Microcanus 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: Taricanus minor Bates, 1885
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., 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., Monné (2005)Monné (2005):
Monné MA. 2005. Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae. Zootaxa. 1023:1–759.
