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
Tribe HAPLOSTETHINI LeConte, 1861
Genus
Mastogenius Solier, 1849
Genus
Trigonogya Schaeffer, 1919
Tribe ACMAEODERINI Kerremans, 1893
Genus
Acmaeoderoides Van Dyke, 1942
Genus
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus
Acmaeoderopsis Barr, 1974
Genus
Anambodera Barr, 1974
Tribe PTOSIMINI Kerremans, 1902
Genus
Ptosima Dejean, 1833
Tribe THRINCOPYGINI LeConte, 1861
Genus
Thrincopyge LeConte, 1858
Chrysophana generic group [tribal level] sensu Volkovitsh, 2001
Genus Beerellus Nelson, 1982
Genus
Chrysophana LeConte, 1860
Tribe POLYCESTINI Lacordaire, 1857
Genus
Polycesta Dejean, 1833
Tribe TYNDARINI Cobos, 1955
Genus
Paratyndaris Fisher, 1919
Subfamily CHRYSOCHROINAE Laporte, 1835
Nanularia generic group [tribal level] sensu Volkovitsh, 2001
Genus
Ampheremus Fall, 1917
Genus
Nanularia Casey, 1909
Tribe CHRYSOCHROINI Laporte, 1835
Genus
Texania Casey, 1909
Genus
Chalcophora Dejean, 1833
Tribe POECILONOTINI Jakobson, 1911
Genus
Poecilonota Eschscholtz, 1829
Tribe SPHENOPTERINI Lacordaire, 1857
Genus
Sphenoptera Dejean, 1833
Tribe DICERCINI Gistel, 1848
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
Tribe BUPRESTINI Leach, 1815
Genus
Trachykele Marseul, 1865
Genus
Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus
Agaeocera Saunders, 1871
Spectralia generic group [tribal level] sensu Volkovitsh, 2001
Genus
Spectralia Casey, 1909
Tribe ANTHAXIINI Gory et Laporte, 1839
Genus
Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903
Genus
Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829
Tribe XENORHIPIDINI Cobos, 1986
Genus
Hesperorhipis Fall, 1930
Genus
Xenorhipis LeConte, 1866
Genus
Trichinorhipis Barr, 1948
Tribe MELANOPHILINI Bedel, 1921
Genus Juniperella Knull, 1947
Genus
Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus
Phaenops Dejean, 1833
Genus
Xenomelanophila Sloop, 1937
Tribe ACTENODINI Gistel, 1848
Genus
Actenodes Dejean, 1833
Tribe CHRYSOBOTHRINI Gory et Laporte, 1838
Genus
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829
Genus
Knowltonia Fisher, 1935
Genus
Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Rikhter, 1934
Subfamily AGRILINAE Laporte, 1835
Tribe CORAEBINI Bedel, 1921
Genus
Eupristocerus Deyrolle, 1865
Tribe AGRILINI Laporte, 1835
Genus
Lepismadora Velten, in Velten & Bellamy, 1987
Genus Paragrilus Saunders, 1871
Genus
Agrilus Curtis, 1825
Tribe APHANISTICINI Jacquelin du Val, 1863
Genus
Aphanisticus Latreille, 1829
Tribe TRACHYINI Laporte, 1835
Genus
Trachys Fabricius, 1801
Genus
Brachys Dejean, 1833
Genus
Taphrocerus Solier, 1833
Genus
Pachyschelus Solier, 1833
Print References
American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 41
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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 -
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