Prionispa

Prionispa
Prionispa champaka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Oncocephalini
Genus:	Prionispa Chapuis, 1875 [1]

Prionispa is a genus of Asian leaf beetles belonging to the tribe Oncocephalini. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

• Prionispa bakeri Gestro, 1917
• Prionispa champaka Maulik, 1919
• Prionispa cheni Staines, 2007
• Prionispa clavata (Yu, 1992)
• Prionispa crassicornis Gestro, 1909
• Prionispa cuneata Uhmann, 1954
• Prionispa dentata Pic, 1938
• Prionispa distincta Gestro, 1897
• Prionispa fulva L. Medvedev, 1995
• Prionispa fulvicollis (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)
• Prionispa gemmata Baly, 1876
• Prionispa heruka Würmli, 1976
• Prionispa himalayensis Maulik, 1915
• Prionispa houjayi Lee et al., 2009
• Prionispa inermis Gestro, 1899b
• Prionispa laeta L. Medvedev, 1990
• Prionispa longicornis Gestro, 1906
• Prionispa lucida Gestro, 1917
• Prionispa mauliki Uhmann, 1930
• Prionispa opacipennis Chen & Yu, 1962
• Prionispa patra Maulik, 1919
• Prionispa pulchra Gorham, 1892
• Prionispa papuana Gressitt, 1963
• Prionispa sinica Gressitt, 1950
• Prionispa sonata Maulik, 1919
• Prionispa subopaca Chapuis, 1875
• Prionispa tenuicornis Gestro, 1909
• Prionispa tuberculata Pic, 1926
• Prionispa vethi Gestro, 1906

References

1. Chapuis F (1875) in Lacordaire: Hist. Nat. Ins., Gen. Col., 11.
2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Oncocephalini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2025.