Basipterini is a tribe of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the subfamily

Cerambycinae Cerambycinae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily has a world-wide distribution including: Asia, Europe and the Americas (with 430 species in 130 genera in the neotropical realm). Within the family, the only ...

. It contains the following genera and species, found in South America: * Genus ''Basiptera'' ** '' Basiptera castaneipennis'' Thomson, 1864 * Genus ''Diastrophosternus'' ** '' Diastrophosternus bruchi'' Gounelle, 1911

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Cerambycinae Polyphaga tribes {{Cerambycinae-stub