Basipterini is a tribe of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the subfamily
Cerambycinae
Cerambycinae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily has a world-wide distribution including: Asia, Europe and the Americas (with 430 species in 130 genera in the neotropical realm). Within the family, the onl ...
. It contains the following genera and species, found in South America:
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* Genus ''Basiptera''
** '']Basiptera castaneipennis
''Basiptera castaneipennis'' is a species of longhorn beetle in the Cerambycinae subfamily, and the only species in the genus ''Basiptera''. It was described by Thomson in 1864. It is known from Paraguay and Argentina
Argentina (), off ...
'' Thomson, 1864
* Genus ''Diastrophosternus''
** ''Diastrophosternus bruchi
''Diastrophosternus bruchi'' is a species of longhorn beetle in the Cerambycinae subfamily, and the only species in the genus ''Diastrophosternus''. It was described by Gounelle in 1911. It is known from Paraguay and northern Argentina
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'' Gounelle, 1911
References
Cerambycinae
Polyphaga tribes
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