Prosphilus
Appearance
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Prosphilus serraticornis, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
Tribe: | Cerambycini |
Subtribe: | Cerambycina |
Genus: | Prosphilus Thomson, 1864 |
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Prosphilus is a genus of Long-Horned Beetles in the beetle family Cerambycidae. There are at least four described species in Prosphilus, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2]
Species
[edit]These four species belong to the genus Prosphilus:
- Prosphilus mourgliai Adlbauer, 1995 (Namibia)
- Prosphilus pectinicornis Corinta-Ferreira & Veiga-Ferreira, 1953 (South Africa)
- Prosphilus serraticornis (Bertoloni, 1855) (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Prosphilus serricornis (Dalman, 1817) (South Africa, Cameroon, Liberia)
References
[edit]- ^ "Prosphilus Thomson, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". Retrieved 2024-07-06.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Prosphilus at iNaturalist
Media related to Prosphilus at Wikimedia Commons