CarphurusCarphurus Index Carphurus cyaneipennis Carphurus fasciculatus Carphurus frenchi Carphurus longicollis Carphurus pravus
Carphurus are beetles in the genus know commonly as the Soft-wing Flower Beetles (in the family Melyridae, subfamily Malachiinae). Species from this group are found mainly in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Cleroidea
- Family: Melyridae
- Subfamily: Malachiinae
- Genus: Carphurus
- Species:
- Carphurus alterniventris Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus angustatus Lea, 1895
- Carphurus apicalis W.J. Macleay, 1872
- Carphurus apiciventris Lea, 1895
- Carphurus armiceps Lea, 1929
- Carphurus armicollis Lea, 1929
- Carphurus armipennis Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus atricapillis Lea, 1909
- Carphurus atronitens Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus azureipennis W.J. Macleay, 1872
- Carphurus balteatus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus basipennis Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus basiventris Lea, 1895
- Carphurus bifoveatus Lea, 1895
- Carphurus blackburni Lea, 1895
- Carphurus brevipennis (Schenkling, 1902)
- Carphurus cervicalis Germar, 1848
- Carphurus collaris Lea, 1921
- Carphurus compsus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus cribratus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus cristatifrons Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus cyaneipennis W.J. Macleay, 1872
- Carphurus cyanopterus (Boheman, 1858)
- Carphurus diophthalmus Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus elegans Lea, 1909
- Carphurus elongatus W.J. Macleay, 1872
- Carphurus excisus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus facialis Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus fasciculatus Lea, 1909
- Carphurus fasciipennis Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus fossor Lea, 1909
- Carphurus frenchi Lea, 1909
- Carphurus gallinaceus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus incurvipennis Lea, 1929
- Carphurus insigniceps Lea, 1922
- Carphurus interocularis Lea, 1921
- Carphurus invenustus Lea, 1902
- Carphurus kurandanus Pic, 1918
- Carphurus laesifrons Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus latipennis Lea, 1895
- Carphurus latus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus lepidus Lea, 1895
- Carphurus longicollis Lea, 1895
- Carphurus longipes Lea, 1909
- Carphurus longus Lea, 1909
- Carphurus macrops Lea, 1921
- Carphurus maculicollis Lea, 1921
- Carphurus maculiventris Lea, 1909
- Carphurus marginiventris Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus micropterus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus myrmecophilus Lea, 1919
- Carphurus nigrivarius Lea, 1929
- Carphurus nigrofasciatus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus nubipennis Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus opacipennis Lea, 1921
- Carphurus pallidifrons Lea, 1909
- Carphurus pallidipennis W.J. Macleay, 1872
- Carphurus philonthoides Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus pictipes Lea, 1895
- Carphurus pisoniae Lea, 1921
- Carphurus pravus Lea, 1909
- Carphurus punctatus Lea, 1909
- Carphurus purpureipennis Lea, 1921
- Carphurus rhagonychinus Fairmaire, 1879
- Carphurus sagittifer Lea, 1929
- Carphurus segmentarius Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus semirufus Lea, 1921
- Carphurus simulator Lea, 1909
- Carphurus spinipennis Lea, 1921
- Carphurus strigicollis Lea, 1909
- Carphurus tachyporoides Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus telephoroides Fairmaire, 1877
- Carphurus testaceipes Lea, 1895
- Carphurus tricolor Lea, 1921
- Carphurus triimpressus Lea, 1909
- Carphurus uncinatus Lea, 1909
- Carphurus variipennis Lea, 1909
- Carphurus venustus Kirsch , 1877
- Carphurus vigilans Lea, 1909
- Carphurus wilsoni Lea, 1929
- Carphurus xanthochrous Fairmaire, 1877
(82 species listed on Atlas of Living Australia at time of writing – 23 Oct 2023)
Footnote & References
- Carphurus Erichson, 1840, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac3641ca-977a-4d4f-9f71-751fe5270f13
- Genus Carphurus, iNatralistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/375888-Carphurus
CarphurusCarphurus Index Carphurus cyaneipennis Carphurus fasciculatus Carphurus frenchi Carphurus longicollis Carphurus pravus
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