Biology:Proliniscus

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Africa

Proliniscus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Proliniscus
Selman, 1965[1]
Type species
Liniscus natalensis
Lefèvre, 1891

Proliniscus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa.[2] Most of its species were originally placed in Liniscus (now known as Zohranus) or Syagrus.[1]

Species

  • Proliniscus antennatus (Jacoby, 1900)[3]
  • Proliniscus cylindriformis (Jacoby, 1897)[4]
  • Proliniscus dombeyae (Bryant, 1941)
  • Proliniscus garambaensis Selman, 1972[5]
  • Proliniscus minutus (Jacoby, 1895)[6][7]
  • Proliniscus natalensis (Lefèvre, 1891)[8]
  • Proliniscus parvulus (Jacoby, 1899)
  • Proliniscus puncticollis (Jacoby, 1900)[3]
  • Proliniscus viridis Selman, 1973

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864. https://archive.org/download/biostor-86049/biostor-86049.pdf. 
  2. "Proliniscus". http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Proliniscus.html. 
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 203–266. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35994461. 
  4. Jacoby, M. (1897). "Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II". Journal of Zoology 65 (3): 527–577. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69604. 
  5. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger 55: 1–95. 
  6. Jacoby, M. (1895). "Chrysomeliden von Togo (Bismarckburg)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1895 (1): 165–188. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33063399. 
  7. Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Natural History Sciences 10 (Supplement 1): 37–44. doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.691. 
  8. Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12304179. 

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