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TRIBE MOLORCHINI
DIAGNOSIS : eye finely facetted, lower lobe generally much larger than upper one; fore coxae prominent, subconical; fore coxal cavity angulated externally; mid coxal cavity open to epimeron externally; prothorax rounded and unarmed or sometimes with obtuse tubercle; most members brachyelytrous; elytra abbreviated, exposing much of abdomen; hind femora clavate and pedunculate at base; very small cerambycin (~ 7 mm).
Key to genera of Molorchini in Sarawak
1.
Elytra much abbreviated,
not extending beyond hind coxae; elytral apex rounded, slightly dehiscent; antennal insertion divide eye
into larger lower and smaller upper lobe
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2(1) Fore coxae subglobose, not produced above intercoxal process, its
cavity closed posteriorly; prothorax strongly constricted at base;
pronotum coarsely reticulo-punctate to
favose; abdomen oval,
first segment longer than 2; hind tibial spine very short, shorter than
tarsal claw; first hind tarsal segment as long as 2 + 3 united .
- Epania,
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