Chaetosoma

Chaetosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Chaetosomatidae. There are at least two described species in Chaetosoma, found in New Zealand.^[2][3][4]

Chaetosoma
Chaetosoma scaritides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chaetosomatidae
Genus:	Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851[1]
Synonyms
Chaetosoma Dejean 1835 Nom. Nud. Katachaetosoma Opitz 2014

The name Chaetosoma was published twice prior to 1851, but these older uses have been declared unavailable under the ICZN.^[5]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Chaetosoma:

• Chaetosoma colossa Opitz, 2010
• Chaetosoma scaritides Westwood, 1851

• 
  Chaetosoma scaritides
• 
  'Chaetosoma colossa