Phytoecia (Parobereina subgen. nov.)

Type species: Phytoecia vittipennis Reiche, 1877

Diagnosis. Body small, elongated; upper and lower eye lobes never totally divided, but connected by a narrow row of facets; mandibles never bicuspid; antennae usually black (sometimes more or less lightened), often thickened, not getting thin distally, often longer than body even in females, or a little shorter even in males; prothorax cylindrical, slightly elongated, or slightly transverse, with evenly rounded sides, often nearly parallel-sided, without lateral tubercles; pronotum can be densely pubescent or nearly glabrous usually with longitudinal central setae stripe, with more or less pronounced smooth shining callosities; elytra without humeral carinae, with longitudinal rows of punctures, which are always distinct anteriorly, usually yellow or yellow-brown with black elongated area along suture, sometimes totally yellow, very rare totally black, always without scales, never with dense recumbent pubescence obscuring cuticle, with rounded apices; denticles of tarsal claws (Figs 2–3) narrow, sharpened, usually short, but sometimes nearly as long as claws; hind coxae without spines.