Lepturinae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle

Longhorn beetle

The longhorn beetles are a cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body...

 family (Cerambycidae), containing some 100 genera worldwide, and most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere

Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...

. Until recently the subfamily Necydalinae

Necydalinae

Necydalinae is a small subfamily of the longhorn beetle family , historically treated as a tribe within the subfamily Lepturinae, but recently recognized as a separate subfamily...

 was included within the lepturines, but this has been recently recognized as a separate subfamily. These beetles differ from most cerambycids in that the compound eyes are generally ovate in outline, rather than being indented or divided.