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Prionus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Taxonomy
Prionus was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Prioninae, Prionini.

It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762) and Latreille (1796); to Prionii by Latreille (1802); to Cerambycidae by Piton (1940); and to Prionini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1762Prionus Geoffroy p. 198
1775Prionus Fabricius p. 159
1796Prionus Latreille p. 55
1802Prionus Latreille p. 212
1940Prionus Piton p. 210
2011Prionus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyCerambycidae()
subfamilyPrioninae()
tribePrionini
genusPrionus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Prionus Geoffroy 1762
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Prionus rhodanensis Riou 1999
Prionus sinuatus Piton 1940
Prionus umbrinus Germar 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Turolian or 61.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) P. sinuatus (113685)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany P. umbrinus (115802)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) P. rhodanensis (156164)