Callidium

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Callidium
Temporal range: EocenePliocene 37.2–Recent Ma
Callidium undatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Callidiini
Genus: Callidium
Fabricius, 1775

Callidium is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:[1]

Fossil of Callidium species

Fossil record[edit]

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Pliocene (from about 37.2 to Recent). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Poland, Germany and France.[2]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Paleobiology Database