Prostomis Explained

Prostomis is a genus of beetles in the family Prostomidae.

Species

The genus Prostomis contains at least 28 accepted species, including:^[1]

Prostomis africana Grouvelle, 1896
Prostomis atkinsoni Waterhouse, 1877
Prostomis americanus Crotch, 1874
Prostomis beatae Schawaller, 1991
Prostomis cameronica Schawaller, 1992
Prostomis cornuta Waterhouse, 1877
Prostomis edithae Schawaller, 1991
Prostomis gladiator Blackburn, 1903
Prostomis intermedia Blackburn, 1897
Prostomis katrinae Schawaller, 1991
Prostomis kinabaluca Schawaller, 1992
Prostomis latoris Reitter, 1889
Prostomis lawrencei Schawaller, 1993
Prostomis luzonica Schawaller, 1992
Prostomis magna Ito & Yoshitomi, 2017^[2]
Prostomis mandibularis (Fabricius, 1801)
Prostomis mordax Reitter, 1887
Prostomis morsitans Pascoe, 1860
Prostomis okinawaensis Ito & Yoshitomi, 2017^[3]
Prostomis pacifica Fairmaire, 1881
Prostomis papuana Schawaller, 1993
Prostomis parva Ito & Yoshitomi, 2017^[2]
Prostomis samoensis Arrow, 1927
Prostomis schlegeli Olliff, 1884
Prostomis susannae Schawaller, 1991
Prostomis taiwanensis Ito & Yoshitomi, 2017^[2]
Prostomis tetragona Ito & Yoshitomi, 2017^[2]
Prostomis trigona Ito & Yoshitomi, 2016^[4]
Prostomis yaeyamaensis Ito & Yoshitomi, 2017^[3]

Notes and References

Schawaller. Wolfgang. 1993. The genus Prostomis (Coleoptera: Prostomidae) in Australia and adjacent regions. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 489. 11. BioStor.
Ito. Tetsunari. Yoshitomi. Hiroyuki. June 15, 2017. Four New Species of the Genus Prostomis (Coleoptera: Prostomidae) from the Oriental Region. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 23. 1. 113–118.
Ito . Tetsunari . Yoshitomi . Hiroyuki. November 30, 2017. Revision of the Genus Prostomis (Coleoptera: Prostomidae) of Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 23. 2. 167–174.
Ito. Tetsunari. Yoshitomi. Hiroyuki. Dec 25, 2016. A New Species of the Genus Prostomis (Coleoptera, Prostomidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Elytra, Tokyo. 6. 2. 269–273.