Praocis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Pimeliinae
Tribus: Praociini
Genus: Praocis
Subgeneraː P. (Anthrasomus) – P. (Filotarsus) – P. (Hemipraocis) – P. (Mesopraocis) – P. (Orthogonoderes) – P. (Postpraocis) – P. (Praocida) – P. (Praocis) – P. (Praonoda)
Species: P. arenicola – P. montana – P. pentachorda – P. striolicollis – P. uretai
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Name

Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829

Type species: Praocis rufipes Eschscholtz, 1829, subsequent designation by Guérin-Méneville (1834: 8-9).
References

Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Eintheilung der Elateriden in Gattungen. Entomologisches Archiv, 2(1): 31–35. Reference page.
Flores, G.E. 2009: Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies. Zootaxa 1985: 21–33. Abstract & excerpt
Flores, G.E.; Pizarro-Araya, J. 2010: Two new synonymies in the genus Praocis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 2386: 65–68. Preview
Flores, G.E. & Pizarro-Araya, J. 2012. Systematic revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 1: Introduction and subgenus Praocis s. str. Zootaxa 3336: 1–35. Preview Paywall. Reference page.
Flores, G.E. & Pizarro-Araya, J. 2014. Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus. ZooKeys 415: 53–80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.415.6656 Reference page.
Flores, G.E. & Pizarro-Araya, J. 2022. Revision of the subgenus Mesopraocis Flores & Pizarro-Araya of the Neotropical genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae). Zookeys 1100ː 29–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1100.78769 Open access Reference page.