Elongate, small sized, about 10 mm in length. Head with frons elongate, about as wide as width of 2–3 lower eye lobes. Eyes with lower lobes small, ovate. Genae elongate, distinctly taller than lower eye lobes. Antennal tubercles prominent, moderately separated; tubercles armed at apex with small projection. Antennae slightly shorter than overall body length; scape gradually expanded to apex, longer than antennomere IV; antennomere III nearly straight, longer than scape and antennomere IV, densely fimbriate beneath. Pronotum elongate, roughly cylindrical to slightly conical, slightly narrower at base, with small, lateral, blunt tubercles. Elytra with sides roughly parallel; elytral apices individually rounded; elytra with vague, pale vittae; base of elytra without prominent tubercles. Basal 1/3 of elytra moderate punctation, surface coarsely punctate. Procoxae without projection (females), condition unknown in males. Mesosternal process subtruncate. Metafemora distinctly short in length, about 1/5 as long as elytra.
The combination of the following characters will help to distinguish this genus: distinctly elongate form; small eyes, widely separated; antennomere III densely fimbriate beneath; elytra with sides roughly parallel; and metafemora distinctly short.
Superficially resembles Cacostola, however Xylomimus is much less elongate.
South America (Brazil, French Guiana)
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The genus Xylomimus currently contains one species: X. baculus 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..
More species images are available in the Gallery.
This genus was recently transfered from Apomecynini (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.).
Xylomimus 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.
subtribe: Onciderina
type species: Xylomimus baculus 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.
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 (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., 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.
