Callipyrga turrita

Callipyrga turrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Callipyrga
Species:	C. turrita
Binomial name
	Callipyrga turrita; Newman, 1842

Callipyrga turrita is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Callipyrga. It was described by Edward Newman in 1842 using a specimen obtained by Rupert Kirk at Woodside near Sydney.[1][2] This species is endemic to coastal eastern Australia from Townsville in Queensland down to Glenmore in New South Wales.[3] The adult beetles are attracted to light and have been collected on Geijera parviflora and Flindersia xanthoxyla.[3]

References

Biolib.cz - Callipyrga turrita. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
Newman, Edward (1842). "CXII.—Entomological Notes". The Entomologist. 1: 413–415 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Ślipiński, Adam; Escalona, Hermes E. (2013). Australian longhorn beetles (coleoptera: cerambycidae). Volume 1, Introduction and subfamily lamiinae. Collingwood, Vic.: Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9781486300044. OCLC 846534326.

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[1] Biolib.cz - Callipyrga turrita. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

[2] Newman, Edward (1842). "CXII.—Entomological Notes". The Entomologist. 1: 413–415 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[:0-3] Ślipiński, Adam; Escalona, Hermes E. (2013). Australian longhorn beetles (coleoptera: cerambycidae). Volume 1, Introduction and subfamily lamiinae. Collingwood, Vic.: Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9781486300044. OCLC 846534326.