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Region
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Key to subgroups
List of species
Taxa, synonyms
Bibliography

Prosopocera (Alphitopola)

Prosopocera (Alphitopola) is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-

Prosopocera (Alphitopola) Thomson, 1857

J. Thomson is the author of the original taxon.

The type species is Alphitopola lactea Thomson, 1857.

Prosopocera (Alphitopola) Thomson, 1857 is the full name of the group-subgenus in the taxonomic classification system.

Prosopocera (Alphitopola) has 149 species plus 18 non-nominal subspecies. The subgenus is a subdivision of Prosopocera, genus ranked in the Prosopocerini 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
	20,326 sp.
tribe
Prosopocerini
	299 sp.
genus
Prosopocera
	271 sp.
subgenus
Alphitopola
149 sp.

Region

World [167]

Distribution for species of Prosopocera (Alphitopola)...

Group

(Alphitopola) [167]

Subgroup of

Subdivided into 149 species...

Subdivided into 149 species

Gallery

Last images posted online

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Last images of Prosopocera (Alphitopola), to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection

Prosopocera murrea, ♂, Prosopocerini, Kenya — *Prosopocera murrea*
♂
*Prosopocerini*
Kenya

Prosopocera multinigromaculata, ♀, Prosopocerini, Kenya — *Prosopocera multinigromaculata*
♀
*Prosopocerini*
Kenya

Prosopocera cretacea, ♀, Prosopocerini, Malawi — *Prosopocera cretacea*
♀
*Prosopocerini*
Malawi

Prosopocera gracilis, ♂, Prosopocerini, Malawi — *Prosopocera gracilis*
♂
*Prosopocerini*
Malawi

Prosopocera mediovittata, ♀, Prosopocerini, Gabon — *Prosopocera mediovittata*
♀
*Prosopocerini*
Gabon

Prosopocera aristocratica, ♀, Prosopocerini, Gabon — *Prosopocera aristocratica*
♀
*Prosopocerini*
Gabon

Prosopocera aemilii, ♀, Prosopocerini, Gabon — *Prosopocera aemilii*
♀
*Prosopocerini*
Gabon

Prosopocera bamakai, ♀, Prosopocerini, Gabon — *Prosopocera bamakai*
♀
*Prosopocerini*
Gabon

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Key to subgroups

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography...

Some keys and updates found in the bibliography

key of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) • see Lepesme & Breuning, 1956
key complement of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) • see Breuning, 1948
key of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) • see Breuning, 1936

List of species

167 species and subspecies (149 species and 18 non-nominal subspecies)...

167 species and subspecies (149 species and 18 non-nominal subspecies)

Prosopocera adlbaueri Rousset & al., 2016
Prosopocera aemilii Aurivillius, 1907

image
- Cameroun, Province du Centre, Mbingam • 1♂ • 22 mm • viii-2014 • lam.#21314
- Centrafrique, La Maboké • 1♀ • 21.5 mm • iii-1988 • lam.#3455
- Gabon, Parc National de Waka • 1♀ • 22.5 mm • xi-2009 • lam.#13620
- Gabon, Province de l'Estuaire, PN des Monts de Cristal, Station de Kinguélé • 1♂ • 22 mm • xi-2019 • lam.#21363
- Côte d'Ivoire • 1♂ • 21 mm • xii-1998 • lam.#3397
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collection
datas
Prosopocera alba Breuning, 1938
Prosopocera albicollis Breuning, 1936
Prosopocera alboguttata (Aurivillius, 1910)
Prosopocera albomaculata Breuning, 1936
Prosopocera albosignata Breuning, 1938
Prosopocera allaeri (Breuning, 1976)
Prosopocera alluaudi (Breuning, 1956)
Prosopocera antennalis (Gahan, 1898)
Prosopocera apralutea Breuning, 1977
Prosopocera aristocratica (Thomson, 1868)

image
- Gabon, Province de l'Estuaire, PN des Monts de Cristal, Station de Kinguélé • 1♂ • 15 mm • xi-2019 • lam.#21347
- Gabon, Tchimbele • 1♀ • 20.5 mm • ii-2007 • lam.#13628
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collection
datas
Prosopocera arrowiana (Breuning, 1936)
Prosopocera balteata (Aurivillius, 1911)
Prosopocera bamakai Lepesme & Breuning, 1953

image
- Gabon, Province de l'Estuaire, PN des Monts de Cristal, Station de Kinguélé • 1♀ • 16 mm • xi-2019 • lam.#21349
- Côte d'Ivoire • 1♂ • 12 mm • x-1998 • lam.#3402
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collection
datas
Prosopocera bamakoi Breuning
Prosopocera bella Breuning, 1936
Prosopocera bettoni (Gahan, 1898)
Prosopocera bivittata (Aurivillius, 1913)
Prosopocera bivitticollis Breuning, 1961

Taxa, synonyms

9 taxa refer to Prosopocera (Alphitopola)...

9 taxa refer to Prosopocera (Alphitopola)

Alphitopola Thomson, 1857 [ sp. type : Alphitopola lactea Thomson, 1857 ]
Hodoeporus Thomson, 1858
Zalatida Fahraeus, 1873
Anybostetha Quedenfeldt, 1888
Galactesthes Fairmaire, 1897 [ sp. type : Galactesthes nivosus Fairmaire, 1897 ]
Lepesmia Breuning, 1956 [ sp. type : Lepesmia rufula Breuning, 1956 ]
Pseuderemon Breuning, 1966 [ sp. type : Pseuderemon bifuscomaculipennis Breuning, 1966 ]
Scapochariesthoides Breuning, 1974 [ sp. type : Scapochariesthoides macrophthalma Breuning, 1974 ]
Parachariesthoides Breuning, 1976 [ sp. type : Parachariesthoides allaeri Breuning, 1976 ]

Bibliography

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

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

Alphitopola Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 348 [ nov ]
Aphitopola Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1837 • ed. 3, 5 : 375 [ nov ]
Alphitopola Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 299, 489, 515 [ nov div syn ]
Alphitopola = Aphitopola ; Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1857 • 1 : 299
Hodoeporus Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1858 • 2 : 188 [ nov div ]

details
Hodoeporus Thomson • Arch. ent. • 1858 • 2 : 188

General information
- description
- new taxon/name
Alphitopola ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 42, 68 [ div syn ]
Alphitopola = Hodoeporus ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 68
Alphitopola ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 72, 376
Zalatida Fahraeus • Oefvers. Vet. Ak. Förh. • 1873 • 29, 2 : 33 [ nov ]
Anybostetha Quedenfeldt • Berl. ent. Zs. • 1888 • 32 : 201 [ nov ]
Galactesthes Fairmaire • Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. • 1897 • 66 : 152 [ nov ]
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7, 20-29 : 158, 162 [ key div syn ]

details
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7, 20-29 : 158, 162

General information
- distinctive characters ; key
- synonymy
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7, 20-29 : 196 [ div syn ]
Alphitopola = Zalatida ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7, 20-29 : 196
Alphitopola = Anybostetha ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7, 20-29 : 196
Prosopocera (Alphitola) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1938 • 8, 4-8 : 35
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) ; Breuning • Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. • 1948 • 24, 38 : 23 [ key ]

details
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) ; Breuning • Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. • 1948 • 24, 38 : 23

General information
- key update element
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) ; Lepesme & Breuning • Longicornia • 1956 • 3 : 661 [ key div ]
Lepesmia Breuning • Longicornia • 1956 • 3 : 672 [ nov div ]
Pseuderemon Breuning • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1966 • 74, 1-2 : 181 [ nov div ]

details
Pseuderemon Breuning • Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. • 1966 • 74, 1-2 : 181

General information
- description
- new taxon/name

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