Callimerus
Twelve species of checkered beetles, some with anatomical details of labial palps and legs.Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1852, plate Annulosa XXIV). J.O.Westwood, 1852

4: Clerus (Xylobius) albo-varius Westw., "Himalaya" = Callimerus albovarius (Westwood in White, 1849)
6: Clerus (Xylobius?) dulcis Westw., "Java" = Callimerus dulcis (Westwood, 1852)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Superfamily:
Cleroidea
Family:
Cleridae
Subfamily:
Hydnocerinae
Tribe:
Callimerini
Genus:
Callimerus

Gorham, 1876[1]
Species

Several, including:

  • Callimerus albovarius (Westwood in White, 1849)
  • Callimerus dulcis (Westwood, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Brachycallimerus Chapin, 1924
  • Caloclerus Kuwert, 1893
  • Cucujocallimerus Pic, 1929
  • Stenocallimerus Corporaal & Pic, 1940

Callimerus is a genus of beetles in the family Cleridae (the checkered beetles).

References

  1. ↑ Notes on the coleopterous family Cleridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Henry Stephen Gorham, Cistula Entomologica, 2, 1515, pages 57-106, 1876
  • Yang G.-Y., Montreuil O. and Yang X.-K., 2013: Taxonomic revision of the genus Callimerus Gorham s. l. (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part I. latifrons species-group. ZooKeys, 294, pages 9–35, doi:10.3897/zookeys.294.4669


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