''Proseicela'' is a
genus
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of
leaf beetle
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
s.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Proseicela'' Chevrolat is assigned to the
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
beetle
tribe
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Chrysomelini
Chrysomelini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are over 150 described genera in Chrysomelini, variously arranged into subtribes, though the exact number and constituency of these subtribes is a source of ongoing debate. ...
(in subfamily
Chrysomelinae
The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles. It includes some 3,000 species around the world.
The best-known member is the notorious Colorado pot ...
). A single species has been sampled in the molecular-based phylogeny of Chrysomelinae.
Species
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Proseicela antennalis'' (Kirsch, 1883)
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Proseicela bicruciata'' Jacoby
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Proseicela bivittata
''Proseicela'' is a genus of leaf beetles.
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 ...
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Proseicela boliviensista''
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Proseicela egensis'' Stal, 1869
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Proseicela ecuadoriensis'' (Jacoby, 1903)?
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Proseicela flavipennis
''Proseicela'' is a genus of leaf beetles.
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 ...
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Proseicela maculata''
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Proseicela signifera''
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Proseicela spectabilis'' (Baly)
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Proseicela vittata'' (Fabricius)
Behaviour
Maternal guarding (a form of
subsociality
Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies.
Sociality is a survival response to evolutionary pressures. For example, when a mother wasp ...
) of small broods of eggs and larvae is known in ''P. bivittata''
and in ''P. vittata'' in French Guiana, ''P. bicruciata'' in Ecuador, ''P. spectabilis'' in Ecuador, and an unidentified species, ''Proseicela'' sp. in Ecuador.
References
Chrysomelidae genera
Chrysomelinae
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
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