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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) » Chrysochroinae

Subfamily Chrysochroinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks
pale metallic wood borer - Dicerca Buprestid? - Hippomelas sphenicus Brassy Metallic Wood Borer Beetle - Dicerca tenebrica Odd insect - Chalcophora virginiensis metallic wood boring beetle, backyard, new hampshire - Dicerca divaricata Gyascutus caelatus 8014506 - Dicerca divaricata Black and White Beetle? - Chalcophora angulicollis
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 Chrysochroinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First published by Laporte in 1835
Remarks
Subtaxa:

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
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 January, 2008 - 12:48am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 22 December, 2008 - 1:57am

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