Genus Prionobelum Verhoeff, 1924

Prionobelum Verhoeff, 1924: 58 (first description); Attems 1926: 120 (list); Attems 1935: 131 (new species); Attems 1936: 153 (list); Attems 1943: 61 (list); Attems 1953: 155 (list); Jeekel 1971: 27 (list); Jeekel 1974: 46 (classification); Hoffman 1976: 119 (classification); Hoffman 1980: 63 (list); Jeekel 2001: 16 (list); Mauriès 2001: 131 (classification); Wesener & VandenSpiegel 2009: 551 (list); Enghoff et al. 2015: 374 (list).

Synonyms:

Chinosphaera Attems, 1935: 130, synonymized by Mauriès 2001: 139. Attems 1936: 153; Attems 1943: 61; Jeekel 1971: 24; Jeekel 1974: 46; Hoffman 1976: 119; Hoffman 1980: 63; Jeekel 2001: 13; Mauriès 2001: 132.

Type-species: Chinosphaera maculosa Attems, 1935 .

Remarks: For a recent revision see the literature (Mauriès 2001). The genus is still ill-defined, especially vis-á-vis the genera Cryxus Leach, 1814 (see Golovatch et al. 2012) and Tigridosphaera Jeekel, 2000 .

Type species: Prionobelum durum Verhoeff, 1924, from Vietnam

Included species:

Prionobelum durum Verhoeff, 1924 (Vietnam)

Prionobelum hainani (Gressitt, 1941) (China: Hainan)

Prionobelum joliveti Mauriès, 2001 (China: Hainan)

Prionobelum leve (Attems, 1938) (Vietnam)

Prionobelum maculosum (Attems, 1935) (China: Fukien)

Prionobelum majorinum (Zhang & Li, 1982) (China: Hainan)

Prionobelum multidentata (Wang & Zhang, 1993) (China: Fujian)

Prionobelum inthanonense n. sp. (Thailand)

Prionobelum naevium n. sp. (Thailand)

Distribution: China, Vietnam, Thailand