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Family Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-boring Beetles
Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood Boring Beetles)
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Other Common Names Jewel Beetles, Flat-head Borers Synonyms and other taxonomic changes Schizopodinae elevated to family rank Numbers over 760 spp. in 55 genera in our area, almost 15,000 spp. worldwide (1)(2)
Overview of our fauna (* –taxa not yet in the guide; classification adapted from (3)(4); taxa between tribe and genus omitted):
Family BUPRESTIDAE Leach 1815
Subfamily POLYCESTINAE Lacordaire 1857
Tribe HAPLOSTETHINI LeConte 1861 Mastogenius Solier 1849, Trigonogya Schaeffer 1919, *Micrasta Kerremans 1893
Tribe ACMAEODERINI Kerremans 1893 Acmaeoderoides Van Dyke 1942, Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829, Acmaeoderopsis Barr 1974, Anambodera Barr 1974
Tribe PTOSIMINI Kerremans 1902 Ptosima Dejean 1833
Tribe THRINCOPYGINI LeConte 1861 Thrincopyge LeConte 1858, Beerellus Nelson 1982, Chrysophana LeConte 1860
Tribe POLYCESTINI Lacordaire 1857 Polycesta Dejean 1833
Tribe TYNDARINI Cobos 1955 Paratyndaris Fisher 1919
Subfamily CHRYSOCHROINAE Laporte 1835
Tribe CHRYSOCHROINI Laporte 1835 Ampheremus Fall 1917, Nanularia Casey 1909, Texania Casey 1909, Chalcophora Dejean 1833
Tribe POECILONOTINI Jakobson 1911 Poecilonota Eschscholtz 1829
Tribe SPHENOPTERINI Lacordaire 1857 Sphenoptera Dejean 1833
Tribe DICERCINI Gistel 1848 *Barrellus Nelson & Bellamy 1996, Gyascutus LeConte 1858, Hippomelas Laporte & Gory 1837, Prasinalia Casey 1909, Lampetis Dejean 1833, Dicerca Eschscholtz 1829
Subfamily BUPRESTINAE Leach 1815
Tribe BUPRESTINI Leach 1815 Trachykele Marseul 1865, Buprestis Linnaeus 1758, Agaeocera Saunders 1871
Tribe PHRIXIINI Cobos 1975 Spectralia Casey 1909
Tribe ANTHAXIINI Gory et Laporte 1839 Agrilaxia Kerremans 1903, Anthaxia Eschscholtz 1829
Tribe XENORHIPIDINI Cobos 1986 Subtribe Xenorhipidina: Hesperorhipis Fall 1930, Xenorhipis LeConte 1866; Subtribe Trichinorhipidina Bellamy 2006: Trichinorhipis Barr 1948
Tribe MELANOPHILINI Bedel 1921 Juniperella Knull 1947, Melanophila Eschscholtz 1829, Phaenops Dejean 1833, Xenomelanophila Sloop 1937
Tribe ACTENODINI Gistel 1848 Actenodes Dejean 1833
Tribe CHRYSOBOTHRINI Gory et Laporte 1838 Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829, Knowltonia Fisher 1935, Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Rikhter 1934
Subfamily AGRILINAE Laporte 1835
Tribe CORAEBINI Bedel 1921 Eupristocerus Deyrolle 1865
Tribe AGRILINI Laporte 1835 Lepismadora Velten in Velten & Bellamy 1987, Paragrilus Saunders 1871, Agrilus Curtis 1825
Tribe APHANISTICINI Jacquelin du Val 1863 Aphanisticus Latreille 1829
Tribe TRACHEINI Laporte 1835 Trachys Fabricius 1801, Brachys Dejean 1833, Taphrocerus Solier 1833, Leiopleura Deyrolle 1864, Pachyschelus Solier 1833
Identification guide to Canadian spp. in (5); keys to MO spp. in (6)Works Cited | 2. | A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico
By Gayle H. Nelson, George C. Walters, Jr., R. Dennis Haines, Charles L. Bellamy. 2008. | |
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