Coscinocephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Pentodontini
Genus: Coscinocephalus
Species (2): C. cribrifrons – C. tepehuanus
Name

Coscinocephalus Prell, 1936: 145

Type species:

References
Primary references

Prell, H. 1936. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dynastinen. Ueber die Homonymieverhaltnisse der Namen von Gattungen und Untergattungen. Entomologische Blätter 32: 145–152. [original description: p. 145]

Additional references

Morón, M.A.; Ratcliffe, B.C. 1997: New tribal placement of the genus Coscinocephalus Prell, 1936, with description of the larva, pupa and adult of a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea; Dynastinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 104: 48–61.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on Jun 10, 2017]

Coscinocephalus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least two described species in Coscinocephalus.[1][2][3]
Species

These two species belong to the genus Coscinocephalus:

Coscinocephalus cribrifrons (Schaeffer, 1906)
Coscinocephalus tepehuanus Morón & Ratcliffe, 1996

References

"Coscinocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Coscinocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

"Coscinocephalus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

Hardy, A. (1991). "Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae" (PDF). A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.