Biology:Cneoglossidae

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Short description: Family of beetles

Cneoglossidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea
Family: Cneoglossidae
Champion, 1897
Genus: Cneoglossa
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Species

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Cneoglossidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea, containing nine described species in a single genus, Cneoglossa, which are native to the Neotropics from Mexico to Brazil. The larvae develop inside rotting submerged branches found in small fast flowing shallow streams.[1]

Taxonomy

  • Cneoglossa brevis Champion, 1897
  • Cneoglossa collaris Guérin-Méneville, 1849
  • Cneoglossa elongata Pic, 1916
  • Cneoglossa gournellei Pic, 1916
  • Cneoglossa lampyroides Champion, 1897
  • Cneoglossa longipennis (Pic, 1915)
  • Cneoglossa peruviana Pic, 1916
  • Cneoglossa rufifrons Pic, 1916
  • Cneoglossa testacericollis Pic, 1916

References

  1. Costa, Cleide, Vanin, Sergio Antonio and Ide, Sergio. "Cneoglossidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.

Wikidata ☰ Q756545 entry