Cossyphus | |
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Cossyphus hoffmannseggi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Subfamily: | Lagriinae |
Genus: | Cossyphus Olivier, 1791 |
Cossyphus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. [1] [2] [3] They occur in Eurasia and Africa. [2]
There are about 33 species and subspecies. [2] Species recorded in Europe include the following: [1]
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