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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Callirhipid Cedar Beetles (Callirhipidae)

Family Callirhipidae - Callirhipid Cedar Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
4july2012-col1 - Zenoa picea Callirhipidae, Callirhipid Cedar Beetle, antennae - Zenoa picea Zenoa picea? - Zenoa picea Zenoa picea - larva - Zenoa picea Zenoa picea - pupa - Zenoa picea Zenoa picea? - Zenoa picea Callirhipidae? - Zenoa picea Zenoa picea
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Callirhipidae (Callirhipid Cedar Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
used to be treated in Rhipiceridae; also related to basal Elateroidea, like Artematopodidae and Brachypsectridae
Explanation of Names
Callirhipidae Emden 1924
Numbers
a single species in our area; ~150 spp. in 9 genera worldwide(1)(2)
Size
9-23 mm
Range
warmer parts of the world, all continents(3); in our area, e. US (NJ-FL to NE-TX)(4)
Habitat
Larvae live in rotten (esp. white-rotted) wood(1)
Remarks
Adults probably very short-lived(1)
See Also
Internet References
Family overview(3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.
3.Lawrence J.F., et al. (2000-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification...
4.Distribution records for Zenoa picea (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) (Coleoptera: Callirhipidae) from the United States
Freese E.L. 2013. The Great Lakes Entomologist 46: 120-132.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 21 February, 2007 - 5:31am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 11:17pm

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