Genus Xenicotela Bates, 1884

Xenicotela Bates, 1884: 242; Matsushita 1933: 346; Breuning 1944: 372; Gressitt 1951: 381; Breuning 1961: 353; Rondon and Breuning 1970: 458; Makihara 2007: 602; Hubweber et al. 2010: 288; Lin and Tavakilian 2019: 324; Xie et al. 2022: 145.

Type species.

Xenicotela fuscula Bates, 1884 [= Xenicotela pardalis (Bates, 1884)].

Diagnosis.

Small-bodied; body length usually less than 20 mm. Eyes coarsely faceted. Antennae long and slender, usually more than twice body length in male and about twice body length in female; antennomeres III-XI basally and apically annulated with light-coloured pubescence, basal antennomeres distinctly fringed with sparse setae ventrally; scape short, distinctly constricted before the apex, with a narrow and completely closed cicatrix at apex; antennomere III distinctly longer than fourth, about 2.0 times as long as scape. Pronotum transverse, lateral spine short, tapered. Elytra elongate, with subparallel sides, apices rounded. Procoxal cavities closed posteriorly. Mesosternal process not tuberculate, mesocoxal cavities open at sides. Legs moderately long, femora clavate, mesotibiae without grooves near external apex, claws widely divergent.

Distribution.

Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar (new country record), Nepal, India.

Comments.

The genus was often confused with Monochamus (Bates 1884; Gahan 1888; Gressitt 1942; Breuning 1960, 1965), probably due to the small body size, which makes it difficult to observe their differences. In fact, it can be easy distinguished from Monochamus by the mesotibiae lacking grooves near the apex.