Callipyrga turrita

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Callipyrga turrita
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Callipyrga
Species:
C. turrita
Binomial name
Callipyrga turrita
Newman, 1842

Callipyrga turrita is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Callipyrga. It was described by Edward Newman in 1842 using a specimen obtained by Rupert Kirk at Woodside near Sydney. [1] [2] This species is endemic to coastal eastern Australia from Townsville in Queensland down to Glenmore in New South Wales. [3] The adult beetles are attracted to light and have been collected on Geijera parviflora and Flindersia xanthoxyla . [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Biolib.cz - Callipyrga turrita. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Newman, Edward (1842). "CXII.—Entomological Notes". The Entomologist. 1: 413–415 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 Ślipiński, Adam; Escalona, Hermes E. (2013). Australian longhorn beetles (coleoptera: cerambycidae). Volume 1, Introduction and subfamily lamiinae. Collingwood, Vic.: Csiro Publishing. ISBN   9781486300044. OCLC   846534326.


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