Callirhipidae Explained

Callirhipidae (also known as Callirhipidae Cedar Beetles) 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]

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

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.
• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Young . Daniel K.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 52: Callirhipidae Emden, 1924. 144–145. 978-0-8493-0954-0.

Notes and References

1. Lawrence, John F.. "Callirhipidae Emden, 1924: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.
2. Hajek . J. . 2011 . World catalogue of the family Callirhipidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia), with nomenclatural notes . Zootaxa . 2914 . 1-66 .