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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Francesco[/i] [br][b][size=3]1.[/size=3][/b] Eyes divided, their lobes widely separated; head not reclining; intecoxal process much narrower than procoxae; mesosternum anteriorly truncate; body generally stout, antennae robust (Asia and Africa) ... [b]Astathini[/b] (click on [url="www.cerambycoidea.com/specie.asp?Id=140&Tipo=T"]Gallery[/url] or on [url="http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=72"]Forum[/url] for images) [b][size=3]-.[/size=3][/b] Eyes entire; if divided divided, their lobes close; head reclining; intecoxal process larger; mesosternum anteriorly rounded, rarely truncate; body generally elongated, antennae longer and fine (Worldwide) ... [b]Saperdini[/b] (click on [url="www.cerambycoidea.com/specie.asp?Id=48&Tipo=T"]Gallery[/url] or on [url="http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=57"]Forum[/url] for images) [hr] [b]Note.[/b] Some very ancient authors recognised inside Saperdini three further tribes: [i]Gleneini[/i]: characterised by elytra with an [i]humeral ridge[/i] [i]Phytoecini[/i]: characterised by [i]hooked claws[/i] [i]Obereini[/i]: characterised by [i]elongated body[/i]. Such tribes are completely meaningless since: [list][*] [i]Saperda tridentata[/i], [i]Eutetrapha[/i], [i]Pareutetrapha[/i], [i]Paramenesia[/i] have an humeral ridge, but are ranked among Saperdini [:I] [/*][*] [i]Glenea[/i], [i]Gleneonupserha[/i], [i]Nupserha[/i] have hooked claws but are ranked among Gleneini [:I];[/*][*] [i]Stenostola[/i], [i]Neoserixia[/i], [i]Paraserixia[/i] have hooked claws but are ranked among Saperdini [:I]. Moreover, [i]Heteroglenea[/i] (Gleneini?) has protarsi with hooked claws and metatarsi with normal claws. [/*][*] The elongate body is a relative concept: the taxonomic position of [i]Obereopsis[/i], [i]Chlorisanis[/i], having intermediate shape, is overlooked by those authors[/*][/list] [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.