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Prosopocera superba
Prosopocera superba is the scientific name of a group -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947
S. Breuning is the author of the original taxon.
The type specimen used for original description is cited from Kenya.
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947 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 | |
21,969 sp/ssp. | |
tribe | |
Prosopocerini | |
335 sp/ssp. | |
genus | |
Prosopocera | |
303 sp/ssp. | |
subgenus | |
Alphitopola | |
170 sp/ssp. | |
species | |
superba | |
Region
World [1]

Distribution for Prosopocera superba
Group
superba [1]
Subgroup of
Taxa, synonyms
1 taxon refers to Prosopocera superba
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947 [ type locality : Kenya Colony, Mombassa ]
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) superba Breuning • Ark. Zool. • 1947 • 39 A (6) : 41 [ nov loc ]
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Adlbauer • Linzer Biol. Beitr. • 2000 • 32 (2) : 967 [ loc ill ]
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Adlbauer • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2005 • 52 : 16 [ loc ill div ]details
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Adlbauer • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2005 • 52 : 16
General information
- description ; remark
- color photo, ♀
Distribution
- Aethiopien
- Kenya (Sud) : Voi, Umg. Sagala Lodge, 550m
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Adlbauer & Beck • Taita publ. • 2015 : 104 [ ill ]details
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Adlbauer & Beck • Taita publ. • 2015 : 104
General information
- color photo, ♂ ; color photo, ♀
Distribution
- Aethiopien
- Kenya
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Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Sudre • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2023 • n.s., 46 : 97 [ ill div ]details
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba ; Sudre • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2023 • n.s., 46 : 97
General information
- distinctive characters
- color photo, ♂ ; ...
Figures
Some references with images to see in bibliography
- ♂ of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947 • see Adlbauer, 2000
- ♀ of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947 • see Adlbauer, 2005
- ♂, ♀ of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947 • see Adlbauer & Beck, 2015
- ♂ of Prosopocera (Alphitopola) superba Breuning, 1947 • see Sudre, 2023
Collection
2 specimens in author's collection

Datas on labels
- Ethiopie, Welenso (Negele borana), Sidamo • 1♂ • 12.5 mm • iv-1998 • lam.#3437
- Kenya, Taita Hills • 1♂ • 13.5 mm • xii-1991 • lam.#10384