---
title: "Brown Prionid"
description: "Orthosoma brunneum — Insects & spiders. Orthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-prionid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Prionid

> Orthosoma brunneum — Insects & spiders. Orthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae.

- Scientific name: *Orthosoma brunneum*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11445
- Wikidata: [Q2226681](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2226681)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143662](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143662)

## Names

- en: Brown Prionid
- fr: Prionide brun

## Countries with the most observations

US (10077), CA (795)

## Summary

Orthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Orthosoma brunneum. The genus name Orthosoma was also previously used for a microsporidian genus. As the name is pre-occupied by this beetle genus, the name for the microsporidian has been changed to Orthosomella.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthosoma

## Photo

![Brown Prionid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-prionid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Po T Ato · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296505942

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-prionid?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).