Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858

Ruta, Rafał, 2010, Two new species of Prionocyphon Redtenbacher from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), with notes on Prionocyphon, Mescirtes Motschulsky and Prionoscirtes Champion from East and Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 2402, pp. 52-60 : 58-59

Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858

Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858: 517

Type species: Cyphon serricornis Müller, 1821 (by monotypy)

Prionocyphon costipennis sp. nov. N Taiwan

Prionocyphon picigrandis nom. nov. Malay Peninsula, Pahang Prionocyphon grandis ( Pic, 1934) : Ruta (2009)

Cyphon grande Pic, 1934: 563 nec Cyphon grandis Tournier, 1868: 62

Prionocyphon macrodascilloides sp. nov. N Taiwan

Prionocyphon ovalis Kiesenwetter, 1874 Japan, China Prionocyphon ovalis Kiesenwetter, 1874: 243

Prionocyphon fuscipennis Kiesenwetter, 1874 * Japan Prionocyphon fuscipennis Kiesenwetter, 1874: 244

Prionocyphon sexmaculatus Lewis, 1895 Japan Prionocyphon sexmaculatus Lewis, 1895: 105

Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863

Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863: 485

Type species: Mescirtes gagatinus Motschulsky, 1863 (by monotypy)

= Orientoprionocyphon Klausnitzer, 2009 syn. nov.

Orientoprionocyphon Klausnitzer, 2009b: 105 (as a subgenus of Prionocyphon , type species: Prionocyphon

yoshitomii Klausnitzer 2009 )

Mescirtes gagatinus Motschulsky, 1863 Ceylon Mescirtes gagatinus Motschulsky, 1863: 485

Mescirtes herthae (Klausnitzer, 2009) comb. nov. Laos Prionocyphon herthae Klausnitzer, 2009b: 106

Mescirtes laosensis ( Yoshitomi et Satô, 2003) comb. nov. Laos, Thailand Prionocyphon laosensis Yoshitomi et Satô, 2003: 187

Mescirtes minusculus ( Klausnitzer, 1980) comb. nov. Vietnam Prionocyphon minusculus Klausnitzer, 1980: 87

Mescirtes rutai (Klausnitzer, 2009) comb. nov. Malay Peninsula, Pahang Prionocyphon rutai Klausnitzer, 2009b: 110

Mescirtes ruthsteuerae (Klausnitzer, 2009) comb. nov. Nepal

Prionocyphon ruthsteuerae Klausnitzer, 2009: 195

Mescirtes weigeli (Klausnitzer, 2009) comb. nov. Nepal Prionocyphon weigeli Klausnitzer, 2009: 296

Mescirtes yoshitomii (Klausnitzer, 2009) comb. nov. Sumatra Prionocyphon yoshitomii Klausnitzer, 2009b: 108

Prionoscirtes Champion, 1897

Prionoscirtes Champion, 1897: 602

Type species: Prionoscirtes saltitans Champion, 1897 (by monotypy)

Prionoscirtes reliquus Champion, 1918 Malay Peninsula, Penang

Prionoscirtes reliquus Champion, 1918: 94

* It is still uncertain if Prionocyphon fuscipennis is a synonym of P. ovalis , as suggested by Yoshitomi (2005). The type of P. fuscipennis was not available for this study.