Longicorn ID: Tool for Diagnosing Cerambycoid Families, Subfamilies, and Tribes

Bimiini

Classification

Introduction

The tribe Bimiini Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains 13 species in 7 genera. Photographs of 5 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe.

Diagnostic Features of Adults

Body small to moderate-sized, from less than 10 mm to between 10-40 mm; generally elongate; rarely with metallic reflection. Eyes generally reniform, complete (not completely divided into upper and lower lobes). Antennae filiform, unarmed; antennae 11-segmented, variable in length, from short (not extending beyond tip of abdomen) to long (extending beyond tip of abdomen). Pronotum variable in shape, from generally subquadrate (about as long as wide) to transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral margins variable, with distinct blunt tubercles or without. Elytral apices without distinct spines.

Diagnostic Features of Larvae

Geographic Distribution of Tribe

Biology and Economic Importance

Members of this tribe are known from various host plant families and several species are considered economically important. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.

Selected References to Adult Specimens

Selected References to Larvae Specimens

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