Prionus Geoffroy, 1762 is a genus of long-horned beetles of the subfamily Prioninae, tribe Prionini, widespread in Europe, Asia and North America.
Description
The members of this genus are large (25âÂÂ70 mm) and usually brown or black.
All members of the genus Prionus have twelve or more strongly toothed or even flabellate antennomeres on their large antennae.
The only species present in England is "the tanner", Prionus coriarius <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>.
Common North American species include the "tile-horned prionus", Prionus imbricornis, the "California root borer", Prionus californicus, and the "broad-necked root borer", Prionus laticollis.
Biology
The adults are nocturnal and are attracted to light, while their larvae feed on rotting wood or roots.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Prionus:
- Prionus arenarius <small>Hovore, 1981</small>
- Prionus aztecus <small>Casey, 1912</small>
- Prionus californicus <small>Motschulsky, 1845</small>
- Prionus coriarius <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Prionus corpulentus <small>Bates, 1878</small>
- Prionus debilis <small>Casey, 1891</small>
- Prionus delavayi <small>Fairmaire, 1887</small>
- Prionus elegans <small>Demelt, 1972</small>
- Prionus elliotti <small>Gahan, 1906</small>
- Prionus emarginatus <small>Say, 1824</small>
- Prionus evae <small>Demelt, 1972</small>
- Prionus evoluticornis <small>Komiya & Nogueira, 2014</small>
- Prionus fissicornis <small>Haldeman, 1845</small>
- Prionus flohri <small>Bates, 1884</small>
- Prionus gahani <small>Lameere, 1912</small>
- Prionus galantiorum <small>Drumont & Komiya, 2006</small>
- Prionus geminus <small>Santos-Silva, Nearns & Swift, 2016</small>
- Prionus heroicus <small>Semenov, 1907</small>
- Prionus howdeni <small>Chemsak, 1979</small>
- Prionus imbricornis <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Prionus insularis <small>Motschulsky, 1858</small>
- Prionus integer <small>LeConte, 1851</small>
- Prionus komiyai <small>Lorenc, 1999</small>
- Prionus kucerai <small>Drumont & Komiya, 2006</small>
- Prionus lameerei <small>Semenov, 1927</small>
- Prionus laminicornis <small>Fairmaire, 1897</small>
- Prionus laticollis <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Prionus lecontei <small>Lameere, 1912</small>
- Prionus mali <small>Drumont, Xi & Rapuzzi, 2015</small>
- Prionus mexicanus <small>Bates, 1884</small>
- Prionus murzini <small>Drumont & Komiya 2006</small>
- Prionus nakamurai <small>Ohbayashi & Makihara, 1985</small>
- Prionus ohbayashii <small>Komiya, 2009</small>
- Prionus palparis <small>Say, 1824</small>
- Prionus pocularis <small>Dalman in Schoenherr, 1817</small>
- Prionus poultoni <small>Lameere, 1912</small>
- Prionus puae <small>Drumont & Komiya, 2006</small>
- Prionus scabripunctatus <small>Hayashi, 1971</small>
- Prionus sejunctus <small>Hayashi, 1959</small>
- Prionus sifanicus <small>Plavilstshikov, 1934</small>
- Prionus simplex <small>(Casey, 1912)</small>
- Prionus siskai <small>Drumont & Komiya, 2006</small>
- Prionus sontinh <small>Do, Drumont & Komiya, 2019</small>
- Prionus spinipennis <small>Hovore & Turnbow, 1984</small>
- Prionus sterbai <small>Heyrovsky, 1950</small>
- Prionus vartianorum <small>Fuchs, 1967</small>
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