Rhodopina

Subfamily

Lamiinae

Diagnosis - adult

Body length: 7–18mm. 
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 fine, rarely 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
, elytral color pattern present. 
Legs: visible tarsomeres: 4, femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, protibial spurs: 2, tarsal claws simple.

Similar genera

other Lamiini

Differential diagnosis

Rhodopina males have third antennomereantennomere:
a subunit of the antenna, including the scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres
inflated apically and prolegs not elongated; in both sexes the cicatrixcicatrix:
a scar; a scar-like structure
is lacking and no long setaeseta:
a sclerotized hair-like projection of the cuticle
are on the 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
.

Distribution

eastern Palearctic, Indomalaya

Recorded host plants

broadleaf; Abies, Larix, Tsuga, Pinus; Cryptomeria, Chamaecyparis

Remarks

39 spp. and 4 more sspp. Conifers and broadleaf: R. lewisii, R. integripennis, R. nasu

Synonyms

Rhodopis Thomson, 1857

Taxonomy

Rhodopina Gressitt, 1951Gressitt, 1951:
Gressitt, J.L. 1951. Longicorn beetles of China. Longicornia, Paris 2: 1-667, 22 pls., Longicornia, Paris 2: 439