Colposcelis

Not to be confused with the leaf beetle genus Colposcelis, now known as Pagria.

Colposcelis
Colposcelis longicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:
Pimeliinae
Tribe:
Tentyriini
Genus:
Colposcelis

Dejean, 1834
Type species
Tentyria longicollis[1]
Zubkov, 1833
Species

Several, including:

Colposcelis is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae. Species have a palaearctic distribution in Asia.

References

  1. ^ Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC 3677338. PMID 23794836.


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