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Proseicela

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Proseicela
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Proseicela is a genus of leaf beetles.[1]

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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.[2]

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)[3]

Behaviour

Maternal 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]

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