Callirhipidae
Callirhipidae 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]
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| Male Callirhipis formosana (above) and female Callirhipis kojimai (below) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Byrrhoidea |
| Family: | Callirhipidae Emden, 1924 |
Genera
There are currently seven recognised genera in Callirhipidae.[2]
- Brachyrrhipis van Emden, 1931
- 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
- Lawrence, John F.. "Callirhipidae Emden, 1924: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.
- Hajek, J. (2011). "World catalogue of the family Callirhipidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia), with nomenclatural notes". Zootaxa. 2914: 1–66.
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.
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