Prosphilus

Prosphilus
Prosphilus serraticornis, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Prosphilus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Prosphilus at Wikimedia Commons