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Prosopocera gracilis
Prosopocera gracilis is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis Breuning, 1936
S. Breuning is the author of the original taxon.
The type specimen used for original description is cited from R. D. Congo.
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis Breuning, 1936 is the full name of the group-species in the taxonomic classification system.
The species is combined with the genus Prosopocera ranked in the tribe Prosopocerini.
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 | |
21,962 sp/ssp. | |
tribe | |
Prosopocerini | |
335 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Prosopocera | |
303 sp/ssp. | |
subgenus | |
Alphitopola | |
170 sp/ssp. | |
species | |
gracilis | |
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Prosopocera gracilis
Group
gracilis [1]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Prosopocera Gracilis, to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Prosopocera gracilis, ♂ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Malawi](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-gracilis-m-jpr21321ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Malawi
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Prosopocera gracilis
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis Breuning, 1936 [ type locality : Congo belge, Elisabethville ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 200 [ nov loc ill div ]
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis ; Teocchi & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2010 • 107 : 2 [ loc ill div ]details
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis ; Teocchi & al. • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2010 • 107 : 2
General information
- remark
- color photo
Distribution
- Congo belge : Lubumbashi
- R. D. Congo : l'Ishi
- Malawi (Est) : Mwabvi Game Reserve , Nsanje District
- Zambie : Mampundu
- Zimbabwe : Salisbury
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis Breuning, 1936 • see Breuning, 1936
- Prosopocera (Alphitopola) gracilis Breuning, 1936 • see Teocchi & al., 2010
Collection
2 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- Malawi, Mubanga Forest, Chitipa District, 1300m, 9.49S 33.21E • 1♀ • 14 mm • xii-2002 • lam.#13597
- Malawi, Mzimba Dist., Mkhorongo Mzuzu, 1375m, 11 23S 33 39E • 1♂ • 12 mm • xi-2009 • lam.#21321