Caraphia

Caraphia is a genus of longhorned beetles in the family Cerambycidae, found in Central America.[1]

Caraphia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lepturinae
Tribe: Caraphiini
Genus: Caraphia
Matsushita, 1933

The species Caraphia seriata and Caraphia squamosa formerly made up the genus Noctileptura, which was determined to be a taxonomic synonym of the genus Caraphia.[2]

Species

These species are members of the genus Caraphia:[1]

  • Caraphia lingafelteri Ohbayashi & Yamasako, 2016 - Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua (Matagalpa)
  • Caraphia seriata (Chemsak & Linsley, 1984) - Southern Mexico, Guatemala
  • Caraphia squamosa (Chemsak & Linsley, 1984) - Southern Mexico
  • Caraphia warneri Wappes & Santos-Silva, 2018 - Guatemala
  • Caraphia woodruffi Wappes & Santos-Silva, 2018 - Guatemala, Honduras

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. Ohbayashi, Nobuo; Lin, Mei-Ying; Yamasako, Junsuke Yamasako (2016). "Revision of the Caraphiini, New Tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae)". Zootaxa. 4084 (2): 187–217. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.2. PMID 27394259.
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