Crioprosopus Explained

Crioprosopus is a genus of long-horned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. There are about 13 described species in Crioprosopus.

The genus Callona was determined to be a synonym of Crioprosopus in 2015, and the species C. championi, C. iridescens, C. thoracicus, C. rimosus, C. thoracicus, and C. tricolor were moved from Callona to Crioprosopus.

Species

These species belong to the genus Crioprosopus:

• Crioprosopus amoenus Jordan, 1895
• Crioprosopus championi Bates, 1885
• Crioprosopus chiriquiensis Eya, 2015
• Crioprosopus gaumeri Bates, 1892
• Crioprosopus hondurensis Eya, 2015
• Crioprosopus iridescens White, 1853
• Crioprosopus nieti Chevrolat, 1857
• Crioprosopus rimosus (Buquet, 1840) (beautiful mesquite borer)
• Crioprosopus saundersii White, 1853
• Crioprosopus servillei Audinet-Serville, 1834
• Crioprosopus thoracicus (White, 1853)
• Crioprosopus tricolor (Waterhouse, 1840)
• Crioprosopus wappesi Eya, 2015

Further reading

• Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. 2016. Bezark. L. G.. Monné. M. A.. 2019-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190724065914/https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/checklists/WestHemiCerambycidae2016.pdf. 2019-07-24. dead.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.