Prionus
Prionus Geoffroy, 1762 is a genus of long-horned beetles of the subfamily Prioninae, tribe Prionini, widespread in Europe, Asia and North America.
Description
[Image:Prionus.coriarius.-.calwer.35.05.jpg|thumb|right|200px|P. coriarius]
The members of this genus are large and usually brown or black.
All members of the genus Prionus have twelve or more strongly toothed or even flabellate antennomeres on their large antennae.
The only species present in England is "the tanner", Prionus coriarius.
Common North American species include the "tile-horned prionus", Prionus imbricornis, the "California root borer", Prionus californicus, and the "broad-necked root borer", Prionus laticollis.
Biology
The adults are nocturnal and are attracted to light, while their larvae feed on rotting wood or roots.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Prionus:Prionus arenarius Hovore, 1981 Prionus aztecus Casey, 1912Prionus californicus Motschulsky, 1845Prionus coriarius Prionus corpulentus Bates, 1878 Prionus debilis Casey, 1891Prionus delavayi Fairmaire, 1887Prionus elegans Demelt, 1972 Prionus elliotti Gahan, 1906 Prionus emarginatus Say, 1824 Prionus evae Demelt, 1972 Prionus evoluticornis Komiya & Nogueira, 2014 Prionus fissicornis Haldeman, 1845Prionus flohri Bates, 1884Prionus gahani Lameere, 1912 Prionus galantiorum Drumont & Komiya, 2006 Prionus geminus Santos-Silva, Nearns & Swift, 2016 Prionus heroicus Semenov, 1907Prionus howdeni Chemsak, 1979Prionus imbricornis Prionus insularis Motschulsky, 1858 Prionus integer LeConte, 1851 Prionus komiyai Lorenc, 1999 Prionus kucerai Drumont & Komiya, 2006 Prionus lameerei Semenov, 1927 Prionus laminicornis Fairmaire, 1897 Prionus laticollis Prionus lecontei Lameere, 1912Prionus mali Drumont, Xi & Rapuzzi, 2015 Prionus mexicanus Bates, 1884Prionus murzini Drumont & Komiya 2006 Prionus nakamurai Ohbayashi & Makihara, 1985 Prionus ohbayashii Komiya, 2009 Prionus palparis Say, 1824 Prionus pocularis Dalman in Schoenherr, 1817Prionus poultoni Lameere, 1912Prionus puae Drumont & Komiya, 2006Prionus scabripunctatus Hayashi, 1971 Prionus sejunctus Hayashi, 1959 Prionus sifanicus Plavilstshikov, 1934 Prionus simplex Prionus siskai Drumont & Komiya, 2006 Prionus sontinh Do, Drumont & Komiya, 2019 Prionus spinipennis Hovore & Turnbow, 1984 Prionus sterbai Heyrovsky, 1950 Prionus vartianorum Fuchs, 1967