Prionodera is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Central and South America.
Species Prionodera adiastola Flowers, 2004 – Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas) Prionodera arimanes Flowers, 2004 – Bolivia Prionodera bicolor (Olivier, 1808) – Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia), French Guiana, Ecuador Prionodera bicolor bicolor (Olivier, 1808) Prionodera bicolor tenuepunctata Bechyné, 1950 Prionodera costata (Baly, 1859) – Brazil (Amazonas) Prionodera cyanea (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana Prionodera dichroma Flowers, 2004 – Panama Prionodera esmeralda Flowers, 2004 – Costa Rica Prionodera furcada Flowers, 2004 – Panama, Colombia Prionodera gaiophanes Flowers, 2004 – Ecuador Prionodera geniculata (Baly, 1859) – Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador Prionodera kirschi (Lefèvre, 1877) – Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia) Prionodera lutea Erichson, 1847 – Bolivia Prionodera marshalli Lefèvre, 1884 – Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Prionodera merana Bechyné, 1950 (Synonym: Jodasia roseometallica Bechyné, 1953) – Ecuador, Peru Prionodera nila Flowers, 2004 – Panama Prionodera peruviana (Bechyné, 1951) – Peru
The following species have been transferred to other genera: Prionodera amasia (Marshall, 1864): transferred to Metaxyonycha Prionodera chloroptera Germar, 1824: transferred to Metaxyonycha Prionodera hirtipennis Jacoby, 1881: transferred to Metaxyonycha Prionodera limbata Jacoby, 1890: transferred to Metaxyonycha Prionodera nixa Bechyné, 1953: transferred to Prionoderita Prionodera ocanana Lefèvre, 1878: transferred to Metaxyonycha Prionodera salvini Jacoby, 1881: transferred to Metaxyonycha
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