Axinopalpis

Subfamily

Cerambycinae

Diagnosis - adult

Body length: 5–12mm.
Eyes: eye interommatidial setaeseta:
a sclerotized hair-like projection of the cuticle
absent, eye entire/shallowly emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
, eye ommatidial density coarse.
AntennaeAntenna:
in larval and adult insects, paired segmented appendages, borne one on each side of the head, functioning as sense organs and bearing a large number of sensilla
: antennal length reaches between basebase:
the part of any appendage or structure that is nearest the body
and end of elytraelytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
or reaching/surpassing end of body, antennal flagellar segments elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
, scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
smooth/punctate at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, antennal segment 3 > scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
.
Pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
: pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
shape subquadratesubquadrate:
not quite a square
or longer than wide, pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
lateral armature blunt tubercule.
Prosternum: prosternal process dilated at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, procoxal cavities open posteriorly.
ElytraElytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
: elytral length reaching or close to end of abdomen, elytral apicesapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
rounded or truncatetruncate:
cut off squarely at the tip
, elytral color brown, reddish or orange, elytral color pattern absent.
Legs: visible tarsomeres: 4, femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, protibial spurs: 2, tarsal claws simple.

Similar genera

Lucasianus

Differential diagnosis

The conspicuously enlarged final maxillary palpmaxillary palp:
an extension of the maxilla, in an anterior position within the mouth parts
segment is special for this genus. The eyes in Lucasianus are emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
by at least half the width while Axinopalpis are almost complete.

Distribution

Palearctic: Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, northern Iran

Recorded host plants

broadleaf; Cedrus, Abies cephalonica

Remarks

3 species, 2 additional subspecies. A. barbarae and A. gracilis known from conifers.

Synonyms

Axinuchus Gemminger and Harold, 1872, Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus p. 2840

Taxonomy

Axinopalpis Dejean, 1835, Catalogue des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean p.332