Bothriospilini is a
tribe
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of
beetle
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s in the subfamily
Cerambycinae
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. The tribe was proposed in 1950 by Brazilian entomologist Frederico Lane as a member of the new subfamily Bothriospilinae, and with ''
Bothriospila'' assigned as the
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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. The tribe is
morphologically close to the tribe
Torneutini, with which it has in common the same shape of the last abdominal segment, which is wide and largely braided in the female, as well as the anterior thigh cavities that are open from behind and the laterally open medial cavity.
Bothriospilini contains 11 genera, which have a primarily
neotropical
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Definition
In bioge ...
distribution:
[
* '' Bothriospila'' – 2 spp.
* '' Chlorida'' – 10 spp.
* '' Chrotoma'' – 1 sp.
* '' Delemodacrys'' – 1 sp.
* '' Gnaphalodes'' – 1 sp.
* '' Knulliana'' – 1 sp.
* '' Pseudeburia'' – 1 sp.]pheromone
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identified from species in Bothriospilini.sulfoxide
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, 3-methylsulfinylpropan-1-ol, produced by '' Knulliana cincta'', was identified in 2022.
References
Polyphaga tribes
Taxa described in 1950
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