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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 Family BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815
Subfamily POLYCESTINAE Lacordaire, 1857
Genus Mastogenius Solier, 1849
Genus Trigonogya Schaeffer, 1919
Genus Acmaeoderoides Van Dyke, 1942
Genus Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Acmaeoderopsis Barr, 1974
Genus Anambodera Barr, 1974
Genus Ptosima Dejean, 1833
Genus Thrincopyge LeConte, 1858
Genus Beerellus Nelson, 1982
Genus Chrysophana LeConte, 1860
Genus Polycesta Dejean, 1833
Genus Paratyndaris Fisher, 1919
Subfamily CHRYSOCHROINAE Laporte, 1835
Genus Ampheremus Fall, 1917
Genus Nanularia Casey, 1909
Genus Texania Casey, 1909
Genus Chalcophora Dejean, 1833
Genus Poecilonota Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Sphenoptera Dejean, 1833
Genus Barrellus Nelson & Bellamy, 1996
Genus Gyascutus LeConte, 1858
Genus Hippomelas Laporte & Gory, 1837
Genus Prasinalia Casey, 1909
Genus Lampetis Dejean, 1833
Genus Dicerca Eschscholtz, 1829
Subfamily BUPRESTINAE Leach, 1815
Genus Trachykele Marseul, 1865
Genus Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Agaeocera Saunders, 1871
Genus Spectralia Casey, 1909
Genus Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903
Genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Hesperorhipis Fall, 1930
Genus Xenorhipis LeConte, 1866
Genus Trichinorhipis Barr, 1948
Genus Juniperella Knull, 1947
Genus Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Phaenops Dejean, 1833
Genus Xenomelanophila Sloop, 1937
Genus Actenodes Dejean, 1833
Genus Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus Knowltonia Fisher, 1935
Genus Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Rikhter, 1934
Subfamily AGRILINAE Laporte, 1835
Genus Eupristocerus Deyrolle, 1865
Genus Lepismadora Velten, in Velten & Bellamy, 1987
Genus Paragrilus Saunders, 1871
Genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825
Genus Aphanisticus Latreille, 1829
Genus Trachys Fabricius, 1801
Genus Brachys Dejean, 1833
Genus Taphrocerus Solier, 1833
Genus Pachyschelus Solier, 1833 Print References American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 41 (1)
Bright, Donald E. 1987. The metallic wood-boring beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 15. Agric. Canada Res. Br. Publ. 1810:1-335.
Bellamy, C. L. 2003. An Illustrated Summary of the Higher Classification of the Superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskiana, Supplement No. 10, 198 pp, 44 color plates, 453 figures
Bellamy, C. L. & R. L. Westcott. 2003. Correction to the Buprestidae and Schizopodidae listings from Nomina Insecta Neartica (1996). Zootaxa 147:1-20.
I. Löbl & A. Smetana (Eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 690 pp.
Nelson, G.H., et al. 2008. A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico, Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4 - order here |
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