Chalcodryidae
Encyclopedia
Chalcodryidae is a family of beetle
s, in the large suborder Polyphaga
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Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s, in the large suborder Polyphaga
Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles; the name is derived from two two Greek words: poly-, meaning 'many', and phagein, meaning 'to eat', so the suborder is called the “eaters of many things”...
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Taxonomy
Chalcodryidae contains the following genera and species:- Genus Chalcodrya Redtenbacher, 1868
- Chalcodrya bifasciata Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya calida Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya cylindrata Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya hilaris Watt, 1974
- Chalcodrya minor Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya nigellus Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya nigricorne Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya nubeculosa Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya pullum Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya undulata Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya ustatus Broun, 1880
- Chalcodrya variegata Redtenbacher, 1868
- Genus Onysius Broun, 1886
- Onysius anomalus Broun, 1886
- Genus Philpottia Broun, 1915
- Philpottia levinotis Watt, 1974
- Philpottia mollis (Broun, 1886)
- Genus Sirrhas champion, 1893
- Sirrhas limbatus Champion, 1893
- Sirrhas variegatus Lawrence, 1994