Batocera

Subfamily

Lamiinae

Diagnosis - adult

Body length: 21–70mm. 
Eyes: eye interommatidial setaeseta:
a sclerotized hair-like projection of the cuticle
absent, eye deeply emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
> half width, eye ommatidial density fine. 
AntennaeAntenna:
in larval and adult insects, paired segmented appendages, borne one on each side of the head, functioning as sense organs and bearing a large number of sensilla
: antennal length reaching/surpassing end of body, antennal flagellar segments elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
, scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
granulategranulate:
minutely and densely verrucose or minutely farinose
at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, no scar or cicatrixcicatrix:
a scar; a scar-like structure
(scar) at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, antennal segment 3 > scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
. 
Pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
: pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
shape transversetransverse:
broader than long
, pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
lateral armature acute spinespine:
a protuberance with an acute (sharp) distal end
. 
Prosternum: prosternal process dilated at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, procoxal cavities open posteriorly. 
ElytraElytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
: elytral length reaching or close to end of abdomen, elytral apicesapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
emarginate or with tooth or spinespine:
a protuberance with an acute (sharp) distal end
, elytral color black, yellow, orange or white, elytral color pattern present or absent. 
Legs: visible tarsomeres: 4, femora slender, rarely robust, protibial spurs: 2, tarsal claws simple.

Similar genera

Apriona, Rosenbergia, Abatocera

Differential diagnosis

Batocera species have a large body size, the apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
of the scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
has a carinacarina:
an elevated ridge or keel, not necessarily high or acute
(cicatrix), a transversetransverse:
broader than long
groove is present on the scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
, and the 11th antennomere is normal. 

Distribution

Palearctic (Asia), Indomalaya, Afrotropical, Australasia

Recorded host plants

broadleaf trees

Remarks

60 species

Synonyms

Megacriodes Pascoe, 1866, The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 (3) 3: 259, 271

Batocera (Tyrannolamia) Kriesche, 1915, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 80 (A 11): 115

Batocera (Semibatocera) Kriesche, 1915, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 80 (A 11): 115

Taxonomy

Batocera Dejean, 1835, Méquignon-Marvis Père & Fils, Paris, 2ème edition, livraison 4: 341