Chaetosoma

Chaetosoma
Chaetosoma scaritides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chaetosomatidae
Genus:	Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851 [1]
Synonyms
ChaetosomaDejean 1835 Nom. Nud. KatachaetosomaOpitz 2014

Chaetosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Chaetosomatidae. There are at least two described species in Chaetosoma, found in New Zealand. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The name Chaetosoma was published twice prior to 1851, but these older uses have been declared unavailable under the ICZN. ^[5]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Chaetosoma:

• Chaetosoma colossa Opitz, 2010
• Chaetosoma scaritides Westwood, 1851

• 
  Chaetosoma scaritides
• 
  Chaetosoma colossa

References

1. Westwood, J.O. 1851: Descriptions of three new genera of exotic Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.), 1: 167–172, plate XIII
2. "Chaetosoma". Biota of New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
3. "Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
4. Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)" . Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 527–558. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..527G. doi:10.1111/syen.12338.
5. ICZN (2011) OPINION 2287 (Case 3513) Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851, Apodasya Pascoe, 1863 and CHAETOSOMATIDAE Crowson, 1952 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage conserved.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Chaetosoma at iNaturalist
• Media related to Chaetosoma at Wikimedia Commons