page_title: Xeris
section_title: X. melancholicus
hierarchical_section_title: Xeris / Species / X. melancholicus
caption_attribution_description: English: Xeris melancholicus as illustrated by Westwood. Note he called it Sirex melancholicus
context_page_description: Xeris is a genus of horntails found in North America and Eurasia. Achille Costa circumscribed the genus in 1894.
context_section_description: Xeris melancholicus (Westwood, 1874) was described by John O. Westwood, who placed it in the genus Sirex. He listed the type locality as "America Septentrionalis".
caption: X. melancholicus.
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)"}