Priopus

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***Priopus*** er en artsrik slekt av biller som hører til familien smellere (Elateridae).

## Utseende
Middelsstore, smale, blanke, brunlige til ganske fargerike smellere, ofte mer eller mindre røde. Oversiden er fint hårete. Antennene er gjerne sagtakkede (særlig hos hannene), pronotum trapesformet, noe lengre enn  bredt. Dekkvingene har fine punktrader.

**Larvene** er sylindriske, glatte med en voksaktige overflate og spredte hår, gjerne rød- eller gulaktige. Hodet er noe flatt med fremoverstrakte kjever. Det bakerste leddet har vanligvis et par kraftige utvekster av varierende form. Beina er ganske korte.

## Levevis
Storsmellernes larver lever for det meste i morken, død ved. Hva de spiser kan variere – noen arter synes å være hovedsakelig planteetere, andre er rovdyr. Mange arter bruker flere år på larveutviklingen. De voksne billene flyr godt og treffes ofte flygende, på blomster eller i vegetasjonen.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Sørøst-Asia og Oseania.

## Systematisk inndeling
 

* Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien smellere, Elateroidea
**** Familien smellere, Elateridae
***** Underfamilien storsmellere, Elaterinae Leach, 1815
****** Stammen Melanotini Candéze, 1859 - noen ganger plassert i underfamilien Melanotinae sammen med Adrastini og Agriotini
******* Slekten ***Priopus*** Hope, 1840 
******** *[[Priopus aequalis]]* (Candèze, 1878)
******** *[[Priopus ambustus]]* (Candèze, 1865)
******** *[[Priopus angulatus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus angusticollis]]* (Candèze, 1875)
******** *[[Priopus angustus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1934)
******** *[[Priopus apicalis]]* (Schwarz, 1902)
******** *[[Priopus arimotoi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1997
******** *[[Priopus bakeri]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus bakewelli]]* (Fleutiaux, 1914)
******** *[[Priopus barbus]]* (Candèze, 1882)
******** *[[Priopus basalis]]* (Schwarz, 1900)
******** *[[Priopus basilaris]]* (Schenkling, 1927)
******** *[[Priopus baumi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus beauchenei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus bibari]]* Kishii in Kishii & Paik, 2002
******** *[[Priopus bicolor]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus bimaculatus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1918)
******** *[[Priopus bioculatus]]* (Schwarz, 1902)
******** *[[Priopus bispinosus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus bocakorum]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus bolmi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus boninsis]]* Van Zwaluwenburg, 1957
******** *[[Priopus borneoensis]]* (Ôhira, 1973)
******** *[[Priopus brancuccii]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus brevicollis]]* Fleutiaux, 1940
******** *[[Priopus brevis]]* (Candèze, 1897)
******** *[[Priopus bruggei]]* Platia, 2005
******** *[[Priopus brunneus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus bryanti]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus candezei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus carinatus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus castaneus]]* (Miwa, 1930)
******** *[[Priopus cervinus]]* (Candèze, 1875)
******** *[[Priopus ciprinus]]* (Candèze, 1865)
******** *[[Priopus communis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1997
******** *[[Priopus consanguineus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus convexicollis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus coomani]]* Fleutiaux, 1933
******** *[[Priopus corporaali]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus coxalis]]* (Fleutiaux, 1932)
******** *[[Priopus crassiusculus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus decoratus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus depressus]]* Schwarz, 1901
******** *[[Priopus desgodinsi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus diehli]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus dissimilis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus diversus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1933)
******** *[[Priopus dorhni]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus drescheri]]* Platia, 2005
******** *[[Priopus dureli]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus elateropsis]]* (Candèze, 1897)
******** *[[Priopus elegans]]* Szombathy, 1910
******** *[[Priopus enganensis]]* (Candèze, 1892)
******** *[[Priopus erythronotus]]* (Candèze, 1865)
******** *[[Priopus everetti]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus exilis]]* (Van Zwaluwenburg, 1940)
******** *[[Priopus exquisitus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus fasciatus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus ferrugineipennis]]* (Miwa, 1927)
******** *[[Priopus ferruginosus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus flavidus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus fleutiauxi]]* Van Zwaluwenburg, 1934
******** *[[Priopus frontalis]]* Laporte, 1840
******** *[[Priopus fuscus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1932)
******** *[[Priopus girardi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus guadalcanalensis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus haddeni]]* (Fleutiaux, 1932)
******** *[[Priopus hasselti]]* (Candèze, 1883)
******** *[[Priopus hayekae]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus hebetatus]]* (Candèze, 1897)
******** *[[Priopus hiekei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus hirashimai]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus homostictus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus horaki]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus humeralis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus ineptus]]* (Candèze, 1878)
******** *[[Priopus inflammatum]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus infuscatus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus ishigakiensis]]* (Ôhira, 1967)
******** *[[Priopus jucundus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus kirschi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus kubotai]]* (Suzuki, 1978)
******** *[[Priopus kuehi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus kume]]* Kishii, 2004
******** *[[Priopus lackneri]]* Platia, 2005
******** *[[Priopus laoticus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus leechi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1997
******** *[[Priopus lemoulti]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus leveri]]* (Van Zwaluwenburg, 1940)
******** *[[Priopus longicornis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus loyi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus luchti]]* Platia, 2005
******** *[[Priopus lumawigi]]* Platia, 2007
******** *[[Priopus marginatus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1932)
******** *[[Priopus melanopterus]]* (Candèze, 1865)
******** *[[Priopus merkli]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus mindoroensis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus miniaticollis]]* (Hope, 1831)
******** *[[Priopus miniatus]]* (Hope, 1831)
******** *[[Priopus minidiversus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1997
******** *[[Priopus mirabilis]]* (Fleutiaux, 1923)
******** *[[Priopus modiglianii]]* (Candèze, 1897)
******** *[[Priopus niasensis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus nigerrimus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1902)
******** *[[Priopus nigriceps]]* (Schwarz, 1900)
******** *[[Priopus nigripes]]* (Fleutiaux, 1932)
******** *[[Priopus nitens]]* (Fleutiaux, 1934)
******** *[[Priopus nitidicollis]]* (Schwarz, 1902)
******** *[[Priopus nutritus]]* (Candèze, 1891)
******** *[[Priopus obayashii]]* (Miwa, 1934)
******** *[[Priopus oberthueri]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus ornatus]]* (Candèze, 1894)
******** *[[Priopus ornatus]]* (Candèze, 1891)
******** *[[Priopus pahangensis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus partitus]]* (Candèze, 1894)
******** *[[Priopus parvicollis]]* (Candèze, 1894)
******** *[[Priopus paviei]]* Fleutiaux, 1933
******** *[[Priopus pellucidus]]* (Candèze, 1894)
******** *[[Priopus pendleburyi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus peregrinus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus perroti]]* Fleutiaux, 1940
******** *[[Priopus philippinensis]]* Fleutiaux, 1914
******** *[[Priopus philippinus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus pilosus]]* (Candèze, 1878)
******** *[[Priopus plagiatus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus poggii]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus politoides]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus politus]]* (Candèze, 1875)
******** *[[Priopus porrectus]]* (Erichson, 1841)
******** *[[Priopus prominens]]* (Erichson, 1841)
******** *[[Priopus pseudoplagiatus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus pseudospiloderus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus pulchellus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1923)
******** *[[Priopus punctatus]]* (Schwarz, 1902)
******** *[[Priopus quatei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus riesei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus robustus]]* (Szombathy, 1910)
******** *[[Priopus rubidus]]* (Erichson, 1841)
******** *[[Priopus rubriventris]]* Van Zwaluweburg, 1940
******** *[[Priopus ruficollis]]* (Schwarz, 1902)
******** *[[Priopus rufulus]]* (Candèze, 1891)
******** *[[Priopus rufus]]* (Candèze, 1860)
******** *[[Priopus rugosus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1918)
******** *[[Priopus russatus]]* Fleutiaux, 1933
******** *[[Priopus samuelsoni]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus sanguinicollis]]* (Miwa, 1930)
******** *[[Priopus satoi]]* (Nakane & Kishii, 1956)
******** *[[Priopus schadenbergi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus schultzei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus sedlaceki]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus seminiger]]* (Candèze, 1893)
******** *[[Priopus separandus]]* (Kirsch, 1875)
******** *[[Priopus seramensis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus serricornis]]* Candèze, 1891
******** *[[Priopus snizeki]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1997
******** *[[Priopus spiloderus]]* (Candèze, 1865)
******** *[[Priopus steinkeae]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus straatmani]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus strbai]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus stricticollis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus subcostatus]]* Platia, 2007
******** *[[Priopus sumatrensis]]* Platia & Schimmel, 2003
******** *[[Priopus summus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus superbus]]* (Fleutiaux, 1894)
******** *[[Priopus tailandicus]]* Platia & Riese, 2004
******** *[[Priopus tersus]]* (Candèze, 1897)
******** *[[Priopus tibetanus]]* Platia, 2007
******** *[[Priopus tonkinensis]]* (Fleutiaux, 1933)
******** *[[Priopus torrevillasi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus tricolor]]* (Candèze, 1897)
******** *[[Priopus trimaculatus]]* (Hope, 1831)
******** *[[Priopus umbilicatus]]* (Candèze, 1875)
******** *[[Priopus ursulus]]* (Candèze, 1894)
******** *[[Priopus ustulatus]]* (Candèze, 1882)
******** *[[Priopus vafer]]* (Erichson, 1841)
******** *[[Priopus venustus]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus vitalisi]]* Fleutiaux, 1933
******** *[[Priopus wallacei]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus walshi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus waterstradti]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1995
******** *[[Priopus whiteheadi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996
******** *[[Priopus yagianus]]* Kishii, 1993
******** *[[Priopus yonaguni]]* (Kishii, 1982)
******** *[[Priopus zwaluwenburgi]]* Platia & Schimmel, 1996

## Eksterne lenker
* Bilder av en del arter
* Bilde av ''Priopus superbus''
* ''Priopus'' på iNaturalist
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