Cossyphus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.[1][2][3] They occur in Eurasia and Africa.[2]
| Cossyphus | |
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| Cossyphus hoffmannseggi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Lagriinae |
| Genus: | Cossyphus Olivier, 1791 |
Species
editThere are about 33 species and subspecies.[2] Species recorded in Europe include the following:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Cossyphus Olivier, 1795". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Háva, Jiří (2010). "Contribution to the Cossyphus species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cossiphini)" (PDF). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 10 (1): 61–63.
- ^ 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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