TRIBE MOLORCHINI
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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 …………………................……………………..2
Elytra extending beyond hind coxae; strongly narrow and dehiscent at apex; each elytron triangular; antennal insertion divide eye equally. - Merionoeda, PASCOE

 

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, PASCOE
Fore coxae conical, produced above intercoxal process, its cavity opened
posteriorly; prothorax feebly constricted at base, even less distinctive at apex; pronotum. even, punctulate; abdomen slender, segments subequal; hind tibial spine longer than tarsal claw; first hind tarsal segment twice as long as 2 + 3 united.  - Molorchus, FABRICIUS