{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Xiphoscelis |image = Xiphoscelis schuckardi.jpg |image_caption = ''Xiphoscelis schuckardi'' | display_parents = 2 | authority = Burmeister, 1842 | type_species = | type_species_authority = | synonyms = }} '''''Xiphoscelis''''', the '''blade-leg chafers''', is a genus of African beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/1083465 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]</ref> and typical of the tribe Xiphoscelidini.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Xiphoscelis'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/89C5|website= World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=May 18, 2026}}</ref>
==Species== *''Xiphoscelis braunsi'' <small>Perissinotto & Šípek, 2019</small> *''Xiphoscelis gariepena'' <small>(Gory & Percheron, 1833)</small> *''Xiphoscelis lenxuba'' <small>Perissinotto, Villet & Stobbia, 2003</small> *''Xiphoscelis namibica'' <small>Perissinotto, 2019</small> *''Xiphoscelis schuckardi'' <small>Burmeister, 1842</small> *''Xiphoscelis sneeubergensis'' <small>Perissinotto, Villet & Stobbia, 2003</small>
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Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister Category:Xiphoscelis Category:Xiphoscelidini Category:Scarabaeidae genera
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