Biology:Caraphia

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Short description: Genus of beetles

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

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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q14839775 entry