Proseicela is a genus of leaf beetles.[1]
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| Proseicela antennalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Proseicela Chevrolat, 1836 |
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Taxonomy
editThe 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
edit- 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
editMaternal 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
edit- ^ "Proseicela". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Proseicela vittata - Species-ID".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.