Callirhipidae
Male Callirhipis formosana (above) and female Callirhipis kojimai (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea
Family: Callirhipidae
Emden, 1924
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Callirhipidae is a family of beetles, found widely throughout low-latitude regions except tropical Africa and Madagascar. There are around 175 species in 7 genera. The larvae bore into dead wood and generally have a life span of 2 or more years. The adults are generally nocturnal.[1]

Genera

There are currently seven recognised genera in Callirhipidae.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lawrence, John F.. "Callirhipidae Emden, 1924: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.
  2. ^ Hajek, J. (2011). "World catalogue of the family Callirhipidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia), with nomenclatural notes". Zootaxa. 2914: 1–66.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
  • Young, Daniel K. (2002). "Family 52: Callirhipidae Emden, 1924". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.

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