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Prosopocera (Prosopocera)
Prosopocera (Prosopocera) is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Prosopocera (Prosopocera) Blanchard, 1845
C.E. Blanchard is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Lamia fronticornis Fabricius, 1781.
Prosopocera (Prosopocera) Blanchard, 1845 is the full name of the group-subgenus in the taxonomic classification system.
Prosopocera (Prosopocera) has 45 species and subspecies (38 species plus 7 non-nominal subspecies). The subgenus is the nominal subdivision of Prosopocera, genus 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 | |
21,948 sp/ssp. | |
tribe | |
Prosopocerini | |
333 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Prosopocera | |
301 sp/ssp. | |
subgenus | |
Prosopocera | |
38 sp. + 7 non-nominal subsp. |
Region
World [45]

Distribution for species of Prosopocera (Prosopocera)
Group
(Prosopocera) [45]
Subgroup of
Gallery
Last images of Prosopocera (Prosopocera), to see more: Plate in gallery Box in collection
![Prosopocera gassneri, ♂ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Gabon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-gassneri-m-jpr13622ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Gabon
![Prosopocera gassneri, ♀ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Gabon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-gassneri-f-jpr13600ip.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Gabon
![Prosopocera myops, ♂ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Togo](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-myops-m-jpr21318ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Togo
![Prosopocera griseomaculata, ♂ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Togo](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-griseomaculata-m-jpr21316ip.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Togo
![Prosopocera griseomaculata, ♀ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Togo](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-griseomaculata-f-jpr21315ip.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Togo
![Prosopocera fryi, ♀ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Cameroon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-fryi-f-jpr21288ip.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Cameroon
![Prosopocera alboplagiata, ♀ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Ivory Coast](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PR-Prosopocera-alboplagiata-f-jpr13060i.jpg)
♀ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Ivory Coast
![Prosopocera schoutedeni, ♂ [JPRC], Prosopocerini, Cameroon](https://lamiinae.org/il/r/v/PRProsscho14223i.jpg)
♂ [JPRC]
Prosopocerini
Cameroon
Key to subgroups
Some keys and updates found in the bibliography
List of species
45 species and subspecies (38 species plus 7 non-nominal subspecies)
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) alboplagiata Jordan, 1894fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) albovestita Breuning, 1936
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) angolensis Quedenfeldt, 1885
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) antennata antennata Gahan, 1890fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) antennata quadripunctata Aurivillius, 1920fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) batoceroides Rousset & al., 2016
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) belzebuth belzebuth Thomson, 1857
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) belzebuth hintzi Aurivillius, 1922
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) belzebuth infravalida Breuning, 1970
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) bipunctata bioculata Hintz, 1911fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) bipunctata bipunctata (Drury, 1773)fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) blairi Breuning, 1936
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) brunnescens Breuning, 1967
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) callypiga (Thomson, 1857)
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) cantaloubei Breuning, 1964
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) cylindrica Aurivillius, 1903
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) decellei Breuning, 1968
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) francoisiana Lepesme, 1948
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) fryi Murray, 1871fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) fuscomaculata Breuning, 1936
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) gassneri Breuning, 1936fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) gigantea Breuning, 1950
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) griseomaculata Breuning, 1936fig.
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) humeralis Breuning, 1938
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) infulata Teocchi & al., 2015
Taxa, synonyms
9 taxa refer to Prosopocera (Prosopocera)
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Anoplosthaeta Dejean, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia lactator Fabricius, 1801 ]
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Prosopocera Blanchard, 1845 [ sp. type : Lamia fronticornis Fabricius, 1781 ]
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Anoplostheta Reiche, 1850 [ sp. type : Lamia lactator Fabricius, 1801 ]
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Zalates Thomson, 1860 [ sp. type : Ceroplesis callypiga Thomson, 1857 ]
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Hagesata Pascoe, 1864 [ sp. type : Hagesata foxcroftii Pascoe, 1864 ]
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Imalmus Pascoe, 1864 [ sp. type : Imalmus capito Pascoe, 1864 ]
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Prosopocera (Parapoceroides) Breuning, 1970 [ sp. type : Prosopocera (Parapoceroides) dalteroides Breuning, 1970 ]
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Parapterochaos Breuning, 1977 [ sp. type : Sternodonta princeps Hope, 1843 ]
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Megaloharpya Allard, 1993 [ sp. type : Megaloharpya lequeuxi Allard, 1993 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Prosopocera Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 337 [ nov ]
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Anoplosthaeta Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2 : 341 [ nov ]
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Prosopocera Blanchard • Paris, Didot • 1845 • 2 : 160 [ nov ]
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Zalates Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 82 [ nov div ]
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Anoplostheta ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 85
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Prosopocera ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 90 [ div ]
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Imalmus Pascoe • The J. Entomol. • 1864 • 2 (11) : 275 [ nov ]
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Hagesata Pascoe • The J. Entomol. • 1864 • 2 (11) : 275 [ nov ]
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Prosopocera ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 72, 376
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Zalates ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 72, 376
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Anoplostheta ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 74, 378
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Prosopocera = Anoplostheta ; Jordan • Novit. Zool. • 1903 • 10 (2) : 159
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Prosopocera ; Jordan • Novit. Zool. • 1903 • 10 (2) : 161 [ div syn ]details
Prosopocera ; Jordan • Novit. Zool. • 1903 • 10 (2) : 161
General information
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- synonymy
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Prosopocera ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 157 [ key div syn ]details
Prosopocera ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 157
General information
- distinctive characters ; key
- synonymy
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 157, 158 [ key div ]details
Prosopocera (Prosopocera) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 157, 158
General information
- distinctive characters ; key
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Prosopocera ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 168 [ div syn ]details
Prosopocera ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 168
General information
- description
- synonymy
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Prosopocera (Prosopocera) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 169 [ div ]details
Prosopocera (Prosopocera) ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 169
General information
- description
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Prosopocera = Zalates ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 169
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Prosopocera = Hagesata ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 169
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Prosopocera = Imalmus ; Breuning • Novit. entomol. • 1936 • 7 (20-29) : 169