Caraphia

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

Caraphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lepturinae
Tribe: Caraphiini
Genus: Caraphia
Matsushita 1933

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 - Nicaragua
  • Caraphia seriata Chemsak & Linsley, 1984 - Guatemala
  • Caraphia squamosa Chemsak & Linsley, 1984 - Southern Mexico

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  2. Ohbayashi, Nobuo; Lin, Mei-Ying; Yamasako, Junsuke Yamasako (2016). "Revision of the Caraphiini, New Tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae)". Zootaxa. 4084 (2): 187–217. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.2. PMID 27394259.


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