Cossyphus
Appearance
Cossyphus | |
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Cossyphus hoffmannseggi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
Species
[edit]There are about 33 species and subspecies.[2] Species recorded in Europe include the following:[1]
- Cossyphus algiricus
- Cossyphus dejeani
- Cossyphus hoffmannseggi
- Cossyphus laevis
- Cossyphus minutissimus
- Cossyphus moniliatus
- Cossyphus moniliferus
- Cossyphus rugosulus
- Cossyphus tauricus
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cossyphus Olivier, 1795". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Háva, Jiří (2010). "Contribution to the Cossyphus species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cossiphini)" (PDF). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 10 (1): 61–63.
- ^ Doyen, John T. & Tschinkel, Walter R. (April 1982). "Phenetic and cladistic relationships among tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 7 (2): 127–183. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00129.x.