Body length: 13–31 mm.
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 coarse or 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 cicatrix (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
, rarely subquadratesubquadrate:
not quite a square
, pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
lateral armature absent.
Prosternum: prosternal processprosternal process:
a posterior extension of the prosternum between the coxae 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
rounded or truncatetruncate:
cut off squarely at the tip
, elytral color black, brown, metallic, reddish, or orange, elytral color pattern present or absent.
Legs: visible tarsomerestarsomere:
subdivision or article of the tarsus, usually numbering from two to five: 4, femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, protibial spursprotibial spur:
sclerotized spine(s) located at the distal tibia; can be single, double, or absent: 2, tarsal clawstarsal claw:
usually paired claws of the pretarsus, at the distal end of the leg simple.
The robust, apically spined scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna and flattened legs make this genus easily diagnosed.
Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalaya, Australasian, Introduced in Puerto Rico
broadleaf trees
64 species
Xystrocera Audinet-Serville, 1834