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Xystrocera globosa
This is an Longicorn Beetle that i found inside my workplace. This beetle is brownish in color (with 2 black stripes on its back), and it has long antennae. The size of this beetle is about 18 mm in length. It also known as Monkeypod Round-Headed Borer.
- Spotted inside my workplace.
- This Longicorn Beetle is from the Cerambycidae family. Thanks to Chun Xing Wong and Mark Ridgway for the ID.
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Order: Coleoptera
* Suborder: Polyphaga
* Family: Cerambycidae
* Subfamily: Cerambycinae
* Tribe: Xystrocerini
* Genus: Xystrocera
* Species: X. globosa
What a coincidence, I have photographed a very similar beetle 2 weeks ago.