Calodema

Calodema ribbei, copyright Ben Sale.

Belongs within: Buprestinae.

Calodema is an Australasian genus of forest-dwelling jewel beetles with elongate mouthparts adapted for nectar-feeding (Bouchard 2014).

<==Calodema Laporte & Gory 1838B85
    |--C. bifasciataB14
    |--C. blairiB14
    |--C. hanloniB14
    |--C. hudsoniB14
    |--C. longitarsisB14
    |--C. mariettaeB14
    |--C. plebeium Jordan 1895G06
    |--C. regale (Gory & Laporte 1838)G06 [incl. C. kirbyi Hope 1840M86]
    |--C. ribbeiB14
    |--C. rubrimarginata Barker 1993G06
    |--C. ryoiB14
    |--C. sainvaliB14
    |--C. suhandaeB14
    |--C. vicksoniB14
    `--C. wallaceiB14

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B85] Bellamy, C. L. 1985. A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 4 (15): 405–472.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[G06] Golding, M. R. 2006. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 1: Stigmoderini. Ocean Publishing.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 21–126.

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