Proseicela
Genus of beetles
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Proseicela is a genus of leaf beetles.[1]
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| Proseicela antennalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Proseicela Chevrolat, 1836 |
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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]