Lepturinae

Lepturinae, the lepturine beetles, is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae), containing about 150 genera worldwide. This lineage is most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. Until recently the subfamily Necydalinae was included within the lepturines, but this has been recently recognized as a separate subfamily. Nine tribes are usually recognized today,[1] with a tenth, Caraphiini, created in 2016.[2] A few genera are of uncertain placement within the subfamily.

Lepturinae
Central European Lepturini and Rhagiini
with some anatomical details
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lepturinae
Tribes

See text

Diversity
5–7 tribes
About 150 genera
Synonyms
  • Dérécéphalides Mulsant,
  • Lepturadae Samouelle,
  • Lepturida Leach,
  • Lepturidae Stephens,
  • Lepturides Mulsant,
  • Lepturites Newman,
  • Lepturetae Latreille
Rhagium inquisitor, larva

Usually among the smaller members of their family, these beetles are of a slender shape – particularly the thorax is markedly less wide than the wings, while the elytra tips are often pointed. They differ from most other longhorn beetles in that the antennae are not directly adjacent to the compound eyes. Hence, the latter are generally oval in outline, rather than having an indentation where the antennae originate, or even being divided by them. In addition, sexual dichromatism is not infrequently seen in lepturines; usually, longhorn beetles are not dimorphic or only have longer antennae in males.

Tribes and genera

Lepturinae contains the following genera:[2][1][3]

Desmocerus californicus
Xylosteus spinolae
Grammoptera ruficornis

Tribe Caraphiini
  • Caraphia Matsushita 1933 Noctileptura Chemsak & Linsley, 1984

Tribe Desmocerini Blanchard, 1845

Tribe Encyclopini LeConte, 1873

Tribe Lepturini Latreille, 1802

Selected genera:

Tribe Oxymirini Danilevsky, 1997
  • Neoxymirus Miroshnikov 2013
  • Oxymirus Mulsant 1862

Tribe Rhagiini Kirby, 1837

Tribe Rhamnusiini Sama, 2009
  • Neorhamnusium Hayashi 1976
  • Rhamnusium Latreille 1829

Tribe Sachalinobiini Danilevsky, 2010

Tribe Xylosteini Reitter, 1913

Incertae sedis

References
  1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  2. Ohbayashi, Nobuo; Lin, Mei-Ying; Yamasako, Junsuke Yamasako (2016). "Revision of the Caraphiini, New Tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae)". Zootaxa. 4084 (2): 187–217. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.2. PMID 27394259.
  3. Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  4. Vitali, Francesco (2005). "Notes about European fossil Lepturinae and the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae)". Lambillionea. CV (4): 530–538. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.626.9431.
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