ABSTRACT
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802, commonly known as longicorns, longhorns, longicorn beetles, longhorned beetles, longhorned borers, round-headed borers, timber beetles, or sawyer beetles, are among the most diverse and economically important families of Coleoptera. Taxonomic interest in the family has been fairly consistent for the past century, but the description of new taxa has accelerated in recent decades. The number of described cerambycid species in the world is about 36,300 in more than 5,300 genera (Tavakilian 2015). The adult body length ranges from less than 2 mm in Cyrtinus pygmaeus (Haldeman) (Linsley 1961) to greater than 170 mm in Titanus giganteus (L.) (Williams 2001). Cerambycids are widely distributed around the world-from sea level to 4,200 m above-wherever their host plants are found. Distribution and generic diversity of the world’s cerambycid subfamilies and tribes are shown in Table 1.1.
