Callirhipidae

Callirhipidae
Male (above) and female (below) Callirhipis formosana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Byrrhoidea
Family:	Callirhipidae Emden, 1924

Callirhipidae (also known as Callirhipidae Cedar Beetles) 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]

• Brachyrrhipis van Emden, 1931
• Callirhipis Latreille, 1829
  • subgenus Callirhipis Latreille, 1829
  • subgenus Ennometidium Emden, 1929
  • subgenus Helleriola Emden, 1934
  • subgenus Parennometes Emden, 1931
• Celadonia Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
• Ennometes Pascoe, 1866
• Ptorthocera Champion, 1896
• Simianus Blanchard, 1853
• Zenoa Say, 1835

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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2914.1.1.

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.

External links

• Media related to Callirhipidae at Wikimedia Commons