Cerambycinae

Cerambycinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Latreille, 1802

Cerambycinae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 716 genera, which, in total, consisted of 3,889 species. The subgenera is most widely distributed in the Americas, with 430 species in 130 genera in its neotropical regions. The species is only rivaled in diversity within the family by the subfamily Lamiinae.

Distribution

It is found worldwide in neotropical regions, with a total of 3,889 species in 716 genera. It is widely distributed in the Americas, with 430 species in 130 genera in its neotropical regions.[1]

Identification

The major distinguishing factors are the bluntness of the last segment of the maxillary palp, its slanting or near vertical face, the rounded pronotum, and try are the widest in the middle.[2]

Tribes

Cerambycinae contains 67 tribes as well as some genera and species that currently have uncertain placement:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cerambycinae – Checklist.org
  2. ↑ Bug Guide
  3. ↑ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.

External links

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