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| Proseicela antennalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysomelini |
| Genus: | Proseicela Chevrolat, 1836 |
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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 Chrysomelinae.
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)
Behaviour
Maternal guarding (a form of subsociality) 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
- "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.
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