Prionacalus

Prionacalus
Museum specimen of Prionacalus iphis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Prioninae
Tribe:	Prionini
Genus:	Prionacalus White, 1845
Synonyms
Prionocalus Thomson, 1864

Prionacalus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:

Species

• Prionacalus atys White, 1850
• Prionacalus cacicus White, 1845
• Prionacalus demelti Quentin & Villiers, 1983
• Prionacalus inermus Komiya & Santos-Silva, 2018
• Prionacalus iphis White, 1850
• Prionacalus uniformis Waterhouse, 1900
• Prionacalus whymperi Bates in Whymper, 1892
• Prionacalus woytkowskii (Heyrovsky, 1960)

Distribution

This genus is restricted to western South America from Colombia to northern Argentina.

References

• Antonio Santos-Silva, Ziro Komiya and Eugenio H. Nearns Revision of the Genus Prionacalus White, 1845 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Prionini)