title: Revision of the Caraphiini, New Tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae).
abstract: Caraphiini N. Ohbayashi, Lin & Yamasako, trib. nov. of the subfamily Lepturinae is erected for the genus Caraphia Gahan, 1906. The Central American genus Noctileptura Chemsak & Linsley, 1984 is synonymized with the southeast Asian genus Caraphia. Caraphia huai N. Ohbayashi & Lin, sp. nov., from Hainan and Guangdong, China, Caraphia paulastoni N. Ohbayashi & Lin, sp. nov. from Hong Kong, China and Caraphia lingafelteri N. Ohbayashi & Yamasako, sp. nov. from Matagalpa, Nicaragua are described. All the known sixteen species of the newly defined genus Caraphia are revised with a key and their habitus.
authors.affiliation: Kamimiyada 1334-444, Miura City, Kanagawa, 238-0101 Japan.; Email: ohbayashi@cd5.so-net.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohbayashi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 92 Box, 1 # Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101, China.; Email: linmeiying@ioz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Mei-Ying
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: JSPS Research Fellow, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo.; Email: mesoxxmesosa@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Junsuke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamasako
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size