Prosoplus
genus of insects
Prosoplus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
subgenus Escharodes
Prosoplus carinicollis (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus celebicus Breuning, 1959
Prosoplus convexicollis Breuning, 1951
Prosoplus criminosus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus distinctus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus flavoguttatus (Aurivillius, 1925)
Prosoplus fuscobasalis Breuning, 1947
Prosoplus granulifer Breuning, 1939
Prosoplus granulosus (Breuning, 1938)
Prosoplus interruptus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus invidus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus paganoides Breuning, 1940
Prosoplus paganus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus parapaganus Breuning, 1976
Prosoplus parvulus (Breuning, 1938)
Prosoplus strenuus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus subinterruptus Breuning, 1969
Prosoplus sumatranus Breuning & de Jong, 1941
Prosoplus tuberosicollis Breuning, 1939
subgenus Ochreoprosoplus
Prosoplus bialbomaculatus Breuning, 1959
Prosoplus ochreopictus Breuning, 1940
subgenus Prosoplus
Prosoplus abdominalis (White, 1858)
Prosoplus affectus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus affinis Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus albertisi Breuning, 1943
Prosoplus albescens Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus albidus Aurivillius, 1917
Prosoplus albifrons Breuning, 1963
Prosoplus albofasciatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus albomarmoratus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus albosticticus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus albostriatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus albovestitus Breuning, 1970
Prosoplus aluensis Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus amboinicus Breuning, 1974
Prosoplus ammiralis Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus aneityumensis Breuning, 1974
Prosoplus aruensis Breuning, 1966
Prosoplus aspersus (Montrouzier, 1855)
Prosoplus assimilis (Montrouzier, 1855)
Prosoplus atlanticus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus auberti Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus australis (Montrouzier, 1861)
Prosoplus bakewellii (Pascoe, 1859)
Prosoplus bankii (Fabricius, 1775)
Prosoplus basalis Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus basigranulatus Breuning & de Jong, 1941
Prosoplus basimaculatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus basiochraceus Breuning, 1943
Prosoplus basivittatus Breuning, 1940
Prosoplus beccarii Breuning, 1939
Prosoplus bellus Breuning, 1949
Prosoplus bicoloripennis Breuning, 1953
Prosoplus bilatemaculatus Breuning, 1959
Prosoplus bimaculatus Aurivillius, 1907
Prosoplus bimaculipennis Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus bougainvillei Breuning, 1954
Prosoplus brunneus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus carinatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus celebensis Breuning & de Jong, 1941
Prosoplus celebianus Breuning, 1971
Prosoplus comosus (Newman, 1842)
Prosoplus costatus Hüdepohl, 1996
Prosoplus cylindricus Breuning, 1953
Prosoplus decussatus Breuning, 1957
Prosoplus demarzi Breuning, 1963
Prosoplus densepunctatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus densepuncticollis Breuning, 1969
Prosoplus dentatus (Olivier, 1792)
Prosoplus dubiosus Breuning, 1943
Prosoplus dunni Breuning, 1976
Prosoplus elongatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus encaustus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus endata (McKeown, 1942)
Prosoplus fergussoni Breuning, 1970
Prosoplus fijianus Breuning, 1948
Prosoplus flavescens Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus flavosticticus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus florensis Breuning, 1969
Prosoplus funebris Breuning, 1939
Prosoplus fuscomaculatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus fuscosignatus Breuning, 1974
Prosoplus fuscosticticus Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus gebiensis Breuning, 1958
Prosoplus giloloensis Breuning, 1943
Prosoplus griseofasciatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus grisescens Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus grossepunctatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus hebridarum Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus hibisci Gressitt, 1956
Prosoplus hirsutus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus imitans Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus infelix (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus intercalaris (Pascoe, 1867)
Prosoplus intermissus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus javanicus Aurivillius, 1916
Prosoplus jobiensis Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus jubatus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus kambangensis Breuning & de Jong, 1941
Prosoplus kinabaluensis Breuning, 1966
Prosoplus laevepunctatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus latefasciatus Breuning, 1959
Prosoplus laterialbus Breuning, 1971
Prosoplus laterinigricollis Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus lividus Matsushita, 1935
Prosoplus longulus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus loriai Breuning, 1939
Prosoplus luzonicus Breuning, 1960
Prosoplus maculosus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus major Gressitt, 1956
Prosoplus majoripennis Breuning, 1972
Prosoplus marianarum Aurivillius, 1908
Prosoplus marmoratus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus marmoreus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus mediofasciatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus mediovittatus Breuning, 1961
Prosoplus metallescens Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus metallicus (Pic, 1935)
Prosoplus mindanaonis Breuning, 1974
Prosoplus minimus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus molestus (Pascoe, 1864)
Prosoplus morokaiensis Breuning, 1968
Prosoplus multiguttatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus multimaculatus Breuning, 1943
Prosoplus neopomerianus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus niasicus Breuning, 1939
Prosoplus nigrosignatus Breuning, 1950
Prosoplus nitens Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus obiensis Breuning, 1968
Prosoplus obliqueplagiatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus obliquestriatus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus obliquevittatus Breuning, 1970
Prosoplus oblitus (Pascoe, 1863)
Prosoplus ochraceomarmoratus Breuning, 1938
Prosoplus ochreobasalis Breuning, 1942 inq.
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