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1. Scape apically ridged or granulated ......... several tribes (see Key to Lamiinae with ridged or granulated scape)



-. Scape apically smooth .... 2

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2. Wingless (apterous) species, metasternum short ... ... Dorcadiini, Phrissomini and Gyaritini (pars) (see Key to wingless Lamiinae)




-. Winged species, metasternum normal ... 3

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3. Antennae flabelled (Africa) ... Cloniocerini

-. Antennae normal ................ 4
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4. Scape particularly long and slim .... 5

-. Scape relatively short and robust ... 8

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5. Elytra with discal spines (South America) ... Megabasini

-. Elytra without discal spines .......... 6
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6. Metasternum short; body usually stout and robust, with more or less prominent shoulders ... Compsosomatini (= Aereneini)

-. Metasternum normal; body usually more elongate ............................ 7
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7. Body cylindrical, sometimes slim and small; legs short, the hind ones similar to other ones (Worldwide) .... Agapanthiini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)

-. Body robust, more or less flattened; legs normal (the hind ones usually larger than the middle ones), elytra usually with longitudinal ridges (Africa) ... Theocridini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)
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8. Mesotibiae (tibiae II) simple, without a furrow or a teeth (most primitive tribes) ...... 9





-. Mesotibiae (tibiae II) with a furrow, a teeth or a tubercle ................................ 10

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9. Mesocoxal cavities closed (separated from epimera); body small or very small (Asia) ... Gyaritini (pars) (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)




-. Mesocoxal cavities open (connected to the epimera); body rarely small (Worldwide)................Pteropliini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)

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10. Scape short, inflated in the middle, club-shaped ... 11

-. Scape not especially inflated in the middle .............. 12
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11. Body flattened, head large, sub-vertical; mandibles anteriorly prominent (Australasia) ... Homonoeini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)

-. Body cylindrical, head vertical, shoulders often prominent (America, especially southern) ... Onciderini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)
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12. Mesotibiae with a prominent tubercle but without a furrow; clypeus often bilobed; pronotum with ridges (Africa) ... Stenobiini

-. Mesotibiae with a furrow, more or less evidenced by a tooth; clypeus normal ......13

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13. Mesocoxal cavities closed (separated from epimera); body small or very small (Africa and Australasia) ............................................ Apomecynini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)




-. Mesocoxal cavities open (connected to the epimera); body rarely small ................14

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14. Procoxae prominent, higher than the intercoxal process; body more or less pubescent, often with colours mimic wood (Asia and Africa) ... Xylorhizini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)

-. Procoxae not prominent, as high as or a bit higher than the intercoxal process; body smooth, often with aposematic colours, e.g. red/black, orange/black, yellow/black (Africa) ... Tragocephalini (click on Gallery or on Forum for images)

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