Prionacalus
| Prionacalus | |
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| Museum specimen of Prionacalus iphis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Prioninae |
| Tribe: | Prionini |
| Genus: | Prionacalus White, 1845 |
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Prionacalus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:[1]
Species
[edit]- 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
[edit]This genus is restricted to western South America from Colombia to northern Argentina.
References
[edit]- ^ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
- Antonio Santos-Silva, Ziro Komiya and Eugenio H. Nearns Revision of the Genus Prionacalus White, 1845 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Prionini)