Cneoglossidae
Appearance
Cneoglossidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.