Callipogon

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Callipogon
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Callipogon lemoinei
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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.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Callipogon:

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. Kim, S.; de Medeiros, B. A. S.; Byun, B. K.; Lee, S.; Kang, J. H.; Lee, B.; Farrell, B. D. (2018). "West meets East: How do rainforest beetles become circum-Pacific? Evolutionary origin of Callipogon relictus and allied species (Cerambycidae: Prioninae) in the New and Old Worlds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 125: 163–176. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.019 . PMID   29524651.