Biology:Prionacalus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Prionacalus
Cerambycidae - Prionacalus buckleyi.jpg
Museum specimen of Prionacalus iphis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Prioninae
Tribe: Prionini
Genus: Prionacalus
White, 1845
Synonyms
  • Prionocalus Thomson, 1864

Prionacalus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:[1]

Species

  • Prionacalus atys White, 1850
  • Prionacalus cacicus White, 1845
  • Prionacalus demelti Quentin & Villiers, 1983
  • Prionacalus inermus Komiya & Santos-Silva, 2018
  • Prionacalus iphis White, 1850
  • Prionacalus uniformis Waterhouse, 1900
  • Prionacalus whymperi Bates in Whymper, 1892
  • Prionacalus woytkowskii (Heyrovsky, 1960)

Distribution

This genus is restricted to western South America from Colombia to northern Argentina.

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World . Retrieved on 22 May 2012.

Wikidata ☰ Q7245361 entry