Prosype

Subfamily

Cerambycinae

Diagnosis - adult

Body length: 8.6–16.1 mm. 
Eyes: eye deeply emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
> half width, eye ommatidial density coarse. 
AntennaeAntenna:
in larval and adult insects, paired segmented appendages, borne one on each side of the head, functioning as sense organs and bearing a large number of sensilla
: antennal length reaching/surpassing end of body, antennal flagellar segments elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
, scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
smooth/punctate at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, antennal segment 3 > scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
. 
Pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
: pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
shape longer than wide, rarely subquadratesubquadrate:
 not quite a square
, pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
lateral armature absent. 
ElytraElytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
: elytral length reaching or close to end of abdomen, elytral apicesapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
rounded or truncatetruncate:
cut off squarely at the tip
, elytral color black or brown, elytral color pattern absent. 
Legs: visible tarsomerestarsomere:
subdivision or article of the tarsus, usually numbering from two to five
: 4, femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, tarsal clawstarsal claw:
usually paired claws of the pretarsus, at the distal end of the leg
simple. 

Male: head depressed, forehead is concave, almost beneath; eyes coarsely granulated, antennaeantenna:
in larval and adult insects, paired segmented appendages, borne one on each side of the head, functioning as sense organs and bearing a large number of sensilla
longer than body [in both sexes], 11-articulated ant. Scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
cylindricalcylindrical:
shaped like a cylinder, parallel sided
, 3rd longer than scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
, 4th shorter than 3rd, 3–4 above length. channeled, subequal to the others; prothorax elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
, cylindricalcylindrical:
shaped like a cylinder, parallel sided
, laterally unarmed; scutellumscutellum:
a small sclerite located directly posterior to the pronotum, bordered laterally by the elytra
moderate; elytraelytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
subparallel, depressed, rounded at the apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
; prosternum and mesosternummesosternum:
sternum of the mesothorax
processes laminiform; procoxaeprocoxa:
coxa of the front leg 
without angles, femora clubbed and compressed, reaching beyond the extremities of the back of the body; meta tibiaetibia:
the leg segment distal to the femur, proximal to the tarsus
elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
; rear tarsitarsus:
the leg segment distal to the apex of the tibia, bearing the pretarsus; consists of one to five tarsomeres (including pretarsus)
elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
, art. 1 subequal to rest combined (Thomson 1864Thomson 1864:
Thomson J. 1864–65. Systema cerambycidarum ou exposé de tous les genres compris dans la famille des célrambycides et familles limitrophes. H. Dessain, Liége, 578 pp. [1864: pp. 1–352; 1865: 353–578; Also published in Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liége 19 [1866]: 1–578].).

Similar genera

Delagrangeus

Differential diagnosis

Can be differentiated from Delagrangeus by the undivided eyes and laterally closed midcoxal cavities. 

Distribution

Saudi Arabia, Afrotropical

Recorded host plants

Broadleaf; Juniperus procera

Remarks

5 species. Conifers: P. juniperi. The African genus Stenobrium is likely a synonym of Prosype (Holzschuh 1993Holzschuh 1993:
Holzschuh C. 1993. Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Saudia Arabia: Part II, Prioninae and Cerambycinae. Fauna of Saudia Arabia 13: 110–129.).

Taxonomy

Prosype Thomson, 1864Thomson, 1864:
Thomson J. 1864–65. Systema cerambycidarum ou exposé de tous les genres compris dans la famille des célrambycides et familles limitrophes. H. Dessain, Liége, 578 pp. [1864: pp. 1–352; 1865: 353–578; Also published in Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liége 19 [1866]: 1–578].