''Callipogon'' is a

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s belonging to the

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Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus,

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and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the

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about 80 million years ago. Most

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are found in the Neotropics, with ''

Callipogon relictus ''Callipogon relictus'' is a species of longhorn beetle which is mostly found in Korea, but also in China and southern part of Russian Far East. It inhabits mixed and deciduous forests. The population of ''Callipogon relictus'' is decreasing du ...

'' being the only

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species.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Callipogon'': * ''

Callipogon barbatum ''Callipogon barbatum'' is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the subfamily Prioninae of the family Cerambycidae. Description ''Callipogon barbatum'' reaches a length of about in females, about in males. Head and pronotum are black, ...

'' (Fabricius, 1781) * ''

Callipogon barbiflavum ''Callipogon'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. ...

'' Chevrolat, 1864 * ''

Callipogon beckeri ''Callipogon'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. ...

'' Lameere, 1904 * ''

Callipogon lemoinei ''Callipogon lemoinei'' is a species of relatively large longhorn beetle of the genus '' Callipogon'', native to Central America and Colombia. The species was originally described by Louis Jérôme Reiche Louis Jérôme Reiche (20 December 1799, ...

'' Reiche, 1840 * ''

Callipogon levchenkoi ''Callipogon'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. ...

'' Skrylnik 2020 * ''

Callipogon limonovi ''Callipogon'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. ...

'' Titarenko 2017 * ''

Callipogon proletarium ''Callipogon'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. ...

'' Lameere, 1904 * ''

Callipogon senex ''Callipogon'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Its closest relatives are the genera Enoplocerus, Ergates and Trichocnemis, with divergence from these lineages estimated to the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago. ...

'' Dupont, 1832 * '' Callipogon sericeum'' (Olivier, 1795) * ''

'' Semenov, 1899

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