Criodion

Criodion is a genus of Long-Horned Beetles in the beetle family Cerambycidae. There are about 11 described species in Criodion.^[2][3][4]

Criodion
Criodion tomentosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Tribe:	Cerambycini
Genus:	Criodion Audinet-Serville, 1833
Synonyms[1]
Crioction Gounelle, 1909 Criodion Dejean, 1830 Criodium Agassiz, 1846 Criodon Chenu, 1870

Criodion tomentosum, Brasil

Criodion tomentosum, Argentina

Research in 2021 has placed species Criodion angustatum and Criodion pilosum as synonyms of Criodion tomentosum. Cerambycidae Database, Catalogue of Life, and New World Cerambycidae Catalog have accepted these changes.^[5][2][3]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Criodion:^[2][3]

• Criodion antennatum Gahan, 1892 (Venezuela)
• Criodion cinereum (Olivier, 1795) (Central and South America)
• Criodion dejeani Gahan, 1892 (Brazil)
• Criodion fulvopilosum Gahan, 1892 (Brazil)
• Criodion murinum Nonfried, 1895 (Costa Rica)
• Criodion rhinoceros Bates, 1870 (Brazil, Ecuador, Peru)
• Criodion spinosum Galileo, Martins & Santos-Silva, 2015
• Criodion subpubescens Martins & Monné, 2005 (Brazil)
• Criodion tomentosum Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Criodion torticolle Bates, 1870 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, and Paraguay)
• Criodion tuberculatum Gahan, 1892 (Ecuador, French Guiana, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil)