Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae


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Prosoplus samoanus

Prosoplus samoanus is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-


Prosoplus (Prosoplus) samoanus Aurivillius, 1914

C. Aurivillius is the author of the original taxon.

The type specimen used for original description is cited from Samoa.

Prosoplus (Prosoplus) samoanus Aurivillius, 1914 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.

The species is combined with the Prosoplus genus ranked in the Pteropliini tribe of Lamiinae.


Classification

kingdom
Animalia
~1,200,000 sp.
phylum
Arthropoda
~1,000,000 sp.
class
Insecta
~830,000 sp.
order
Coleoptera
~350,000 sp.
family
Cerambycidae
~35,000 sp.
subfamily
Lamiinae
21,802 sp/ssp.
tribe
Pteropliini
2,132 sp/ssp.
genus
Prosoplus
182 sp/ssp.
subgenus
Prosoplus
155 sp/ssp.
species
samoanus


Region

World  [1]

distribution map

Distribution for Prosoplus samoanus



Group

samoanus  [1]

Subgroup of



Taxa, synonyms

2 taxa refer to Prosoplus samoanus



Bibliography

Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data

  • Prosoplus samoanus Aurivillius • Denkschr. Ac. Wiss. Wien, math. Naturw. Cl. • 1914 • 89  : 692 [ nov loc ]
  • Prosoplus samoanus ; Schwarzer • Arch. f. Naturg. • 1922 • 88 A (10)  : 159 [ loc ]
  • Prosoplus fijanus Breuning • Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. • 1948 • 24 (47)  : 2 [ nov ]
  • Prosoplus fijianus ; Evenhuis & Ramsdale • Bish. Mus. Techn. Rep. • 2006 • 38 (5)  : 11


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