Biology:Cossyphus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Cossyphus
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Cossyphus hoffmannseggi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
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

There are about 33 species and subspecies.[2] Species recorded in Europe include the following:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cossyphus Olivier, 1795". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/07a524b5-6cd3-4963-a147-fa25b14ded07. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Háva, Jiří (2010). "Contribution to the Cossyphus species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cossiphini)". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1): 61-63. http://bjc.sggw.waw.pl/arts/2010v10n1/7.pdf. 
  3. 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. 

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