Chalicorus

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Chalicorus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Melyridae
Genus: Chalicorus
Erichson, 1840 [1]
Type species
Chalicorus vinula
Erichson, 1840 [1]
Species

Several (see text)

Synonyms [2]

ChalicocorusAgassiz, 1846

Chalicorus is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae. [2] They occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. [3] [4]

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Species

There are several species, including at least the following: [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Erichson, W. F. (1840). Entomographien, Untersuchungen in dem Gebiete der Entomologie, mit besonderer Benutzung der Königl. Sammlung zu Berlin. Berlin: F.H. Morin. p. 124.
  2. 1 2 "Chalicorus Erichson, 1840". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Wittmer, W. (1985). "Die im südlichen Afrika vorkommenden mit Troglops Erichson verwandten Gattungen (Coleoptera: Malachiidae)". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 34 (2): 7–48. doi: 10.10520/AJA00411752_1047 . hdl:10520/AJA00411752_1047.
  4. 1 2 Champion, G. C. (1922). "Revision of the S. African species of Dinometopus, Troglops, Chalicorus, Colotes, Helcogaster, and the allied genera with an account of their accessory ♂-characters [Coleoptera]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9th series. 10: 309–358 [321]. doi: 10.1080/00222932208632786 .
  5. 1 2 3 4 Wittmer, W. (1988). "Neue Gattungen und neue Arten der Familie Malachiidae (Coleoptera) hauptsächlich aus dem südlichen Afrika". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 34 (25): 557–619. doi:10.10520/AJA00411752_1040. hdl:10520/AJA00411752_1040.


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