Callipogon is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae.[1] Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago.[2] Most species are found in the Neotropics, with Callipogon relictus being the only palearctic species.

Callipogon
Callipogon lemoinei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Prioninae
Tribe: Callipogonini
Genus: Callipogon
Audinet-Serville, 1832

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Callipogon:

References

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  1. ^ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. ^ Kim, S.; de Medeiros, B. A. S.; Byun, B. K.; Lee, S.; Kang, J. H.; Lee, B.; Farrell, B. D. (2018). "West meets East: How do rainforest beetles become circum-Pacific? Evolutionary origin of Callipogon relictus and allied species (Cerambycidae: Prioninae) in the New and Old Worlds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 125: 163–176. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.019. PMID 29524651.