Pogonocherus

Subfamily

Lamiinae

Diagnosis - adult

Body length: 4.5–10mm. 
Eyes: eye interommatidial setaeseta:
a sclerotized hair-like projection of the cuticle
absent, eye deeply emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
> half width, 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 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 transversetransverse:
broader than long
, pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
lateral armature acute spinespine:
a protuberance with an acute (sharp) distal end
. 
Prosternum: prosternal process dilated at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, procoxal cavities closed 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
or emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
, elytral color pattern present. 
Legs: visible tarsomeres: 4, femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, protibial spurs: 2, tarsal claws simple.

Body robust, subcylindrical, clothed with a short recumbent pubescence intermixed with long flying hairs. Head large, strongly concave between the antennal insertions; 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
longer than the body in both sexes, usually annulated, clothed along the inner side with long flying hairs, scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
stout, clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, shorter than third segment, fourth segment longer than third, incurved. Pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
wider than long, armed on each side with a short rather acute lateral tubercletubercle:
a small knoblike or rounded protuberance
, discal tubercles small or obsolete; anterior coxal cavities angulated, intermediate coxal cavities closed externally. 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
short, with or without costae, often with tufts of short erect hairs; apicesapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
variable. Legs short; femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
; intermediate tibiaetibia:
the leg segment distal to the femur, proximal to the tarsus
with an external sinus (Linsley and Chemsak 1984).

Similar genera

Poliaenus, Lophopogonius, Miccolamia

Differential diagnosis

The stout scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
, incurved fourth antennal segment longer than third, and shorter erect body/antennal setaeseta:
a sclerotized hair-like projection of the cuticle
will differentiate from Poliaenus. Lophopogonius differs in having a large crest near the elytral basebase:
the part of any appendage or structure that is nearest the body
and blunted lateral pronotal tubercles. Miccolamia is very small, has rounded elytral apicesapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, and has a clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, inflated scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
.

Distribution

Holarctic

Recorded host plants

Old World: broadleaf trees/shrubs; Pinus, Picea, Abies, Cedrus, Larix, Pseudotsuga; Juniperus

New World: Pinus, Picea, Larix

Remarks

33 species. Conifer feeding: P. arizonicus, P. mixtus, P. parvulus, P. penicillatus, P. pictus, P. propinquus, P. fasciculatus, P. decoratus, P. anatolicus, P. perroudi, P. caroli, P. eugeniae, P. neuhausi, P. plasoni, P. barbarae, P. cedri, P. ehdenensis, P. hispidulus, P. inermicollis, P. marcoi, P. ovatus, P. sturanii, P. zubovi

Synonyms

Strophinus, Gistel, 1856

Pogonocherus (Pityphilus), Mulsant, 1862

Pogonocherus (Eupogonocherus), Linsley, 1935

Taxonomy

Pogonocherus, Dejean, 1821, Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean p. 107