Callipogon | |
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Callipogon lemoinei | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Subfamily: | Prioninae |
Tribe: | Callipogonini |
Genus: | Callipogon Audinet-Serville, 1832 |
Callipogon is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. [1] Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus , Ergates and Trichocnemis , with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. [2] Most species are found in the Neotropics, with Callipogon relictus being the only palearctic species.
The following species are recognised in the genus Callipogon: