Priopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Melanotinae
Genus:
Species: P. angulatus – P. bezdeki – P. colonnellii – P. kerincianus – P. lumawigi – P. safraneki – P. subcostatus – P. tibetanus

Priopus Laporte, 1840: 255 [see also mention earlier, 233)..

Type species: ?, by subsequent designation.

Gender: masculine [= Generic suffix masculine -ops]

Laporte [de Castelnau] F.L.N.C. 1840. Histoire naturelle des insectes: Coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l’anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Tome premier. P. Duménil, Paris, cxxv + 324 pp. BHL Reference page.

Platia, G. 2007. Description of new species of Melanotini from the Oriental Region, with new records (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Melanotinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40: 149-170. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platia, G. 2008. Description of new species of Melanotini from the Oriental Region, with new distributional records and synonymical notes (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Melanotinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 43: 35-44. Full article (PDF). Reference page.