Prosphilus

Genus of beetles

Prosphilus
Prosphilus serraticornis, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Cerambycini
Subtribe: Cerambycina
Genus: Prosphilus
Thomson, 1864
Prosphilus serraticornis, Botswana

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

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

  1. ^ "Prosphilus Thomson, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. ^ Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  • Citizen science observations for Prosphilus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Prosphilus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Prosphilus


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