Rhinotragini

Holotype of Plutonesthes crocata, copyright Larry G. Bezark.

Belongs within: Cerambycinae.

The Rhinotragini are a group of longicorn beetles that are commonly mimetic of other insects such as wasps, with the elytra medially waisted to partially expose the body at the sides.

Rhinotragini [Rhinotraginae]B14
|--AcyphoderesP66
|--DisaulaxP66
|--Isthmiade braconides (Perty 1832)B14
|--Epianthe Pascoe 1866P66
| `--*E. viridis Pascoe 1866P66
|--Mydasta Pascoe 1866P66
| `--*M. discoidea Pascoe 1866P66
|--Sestyra Pascoe 1866P66
| `--*S. cephalotes Pascoe 1866P66
|--Mimistena Pascoe 1866P66
| `--*M. femorata Pascoe 1866P66
|--PlutonesthesP66
| |--P. crocata Pascoe 1866P66
| `--P. rufipennisP66
`--Odontocera Audinet-Serville 1833TT02
`--O. aurocinctaTT02
|--O. a. aurocinctaTT02
`--O. a. arizonensis Linsley 1961TT02

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[P66] Pascoe, F. P. 1866. Catalogue of longicorn Coleoptera collected in the island of Penang by James Lamb, Esq. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 504–536.

[TT02] Turnbow, R. H., Jr & M. C. Thomas. 2002. Cerambycidae Leach 1815. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr, M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J. H. Frank (eds) American Beetles vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea pp. 568–601. CRC Press.

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