Proseicela

Proseicela is a genus of leaf beetles.[1]

Proseicela
Proseicela antennalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Proseicela
Chevrolat, 1836
Species

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Taxonomy

The genus Proseicela Chevrolat is assigned to the Chrysomelidae beetle tribe Chrysomelini (in subfamily Chrysomelinae). A single species has been sampled in the molecular-based phylogeny of Chrysomelinae.[2]

Species
  • Proseicela antennalis (Kirsch, 1883)
  • Proseicela bicruciata Jacoby
  • Proseicela bivittata
  • Proseicela boliviensista
  • Proseicela egensis Stal, 1869
  • Proseicela ecuadoriensis (Jacoby, 1903)?
  • Proseicela flavipennis
  • Proseicela maculata
  • Proseicela signifera
  • Proseicela spectabilis (Baly)
  • Proseicela vittata (Fabricius)[3]

Behaviour

Maternal guarding (a form of subsociality) of small broods of eggs and larvae is known in P. bivittata[4] and in P. vittata in French Guiana, P. bicruciata in Ecuador, P. spectabilis in Ecuador, and an unidentified species, Proseicela sp. in Ecuador.[5]

References
  1. "Proseicela". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  2. Chaboo, C.S., F.A. Frieiro-Costa, J. Gómez-Zurita, R. Westerduijn. 2014. Subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae, Chrysomelinae). Journal of Natural History 48: 1–44.
  3. "Proseicela vittata - Species-ID".
  4. Chaboo, C.S.; Frieiro-Costa F.A.; Gómez-Zurita J.; Westerduijn R. (2014). "Origins and diversification of subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Chrysomelinae)". Journal of Natural History. 48 (37–38): 1–44. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.909060. S2CID 84683405.
  5. Windsor D.M.; Dury, G.J.; Frieiro-Costa, F.A.; Lanckowsky S.; Pasteels, J.M. (2013). "Subsocial Neotropical Doryphorini (Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae): new observations on behavior, host plants and systematics". ZooKeys (332): 71–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.332.5199. PMC 3805320. PMID 24163582.
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