Lepturinae

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Pseudovadonia livida in copula
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Rhagium inquisitor, larva

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.

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] in more than ten tribes:

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Desmocerus californicus
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Xylosteus spinolae
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Grammoptera ruficornis

Tribe Caraphiini

  • Caraphia Matsushita 1933 Noctileptura Chemsak & Linsley, 1984
Desmocerini Blanchard, 1845

Encyclopini

Authority: LeConte, 1873

Lepturini

Authority: Latreille, 1802; selected genera: (complete list is on the Lepturini page)

Oxymirini

Authority: Danilevsky, 1997

Rhagiini

Authority: Kirby, 1837

Rhamnusiini

Authority: Sama, 2009

Sachalinobiini Danilevsky, 2010
Tribe Teledapini Pascoe, 1871

Xylosteini

Authority: Reitter, 1913

Incertae sedis

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