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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae

Subfamily Polycestinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks
Hairy Yellow-Marked Buprestid - Acmaeodera pulchella Who's Fuzzy? - Acmaeodera labyrinthica 2nd Sotol Stalk Borer - Thrincopyge alacris Acmaeodera pubiventris pubiventris Horn - Acmaeodera pubiventris Yellow-bordered Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera flavomarginata Acmaeodera cribricollis Acmaeodera sp.? - Acmaeodera Paratyndaris crandalli Knull - Paratyndaris crandalli
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)
Subfamily Polycestinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First published by Lacordaire in 1857
Remarks
Subtaxa:

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
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 January, 2008 - 12:47am
Last updated 22 December, 2008 - 1:55am

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