Subfamily Buprestinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks

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 Buprestinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First published by Leach in 1815

Remarks

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

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 January, 2008 - 12:49am
Last updated 22 December, 2008 - 2:01am

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