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Dorcasominae

Classification Introduction
  • The subfamily Dorcasominae Lacordaire, 1868 currently contains >300 species in 67 genera. Photographs of 27 exemplar specimens are currently available for this subfamily.
Diagnostic Features of Adults
  • Diagnostic features for this taxon are coming soon.
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Not yet available for this taxon.
Geographic Distribution of Subfamily Biology and Economic Importance
  • Larvae of most species develop for about one year in the trunk or branches of dead trees (or dead portions of leaving trees). Some species can have two broods per year. Adults are relatively short lived, probably most living less than 1 month. Most feed conspicuously on flowers as adults and thus are important pollinators (summarized from Linsley, 1961; Lawrence, 2007, and other sources).
Selected References to Adult Specimens
Selected References to Larvae Specimens


Aedoeus geniculatus
Waterhouse, 1880; dorsal
lectotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Dorcasominae
Photograph © N.P. Lord




Aedoeus geniculatus
Waterhouse, 1880; head
lectotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Dorcasominae
Photograph © N.P. Lord



Aedoeus geniculatus
Waterhouse, 1880; lateral
lectotype specimen
Cerambycidae:Dorcasominae
Photograph © N.P. Lord



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Longicorn ID last updated 2020  E.H. Nearns, N.P. Lord, S.W. Lingafelter, A. Santos-Silva, K.B. Miller, & J.M. Zaspel