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Tribe Melanophilini

Phaenops gentilis - female Xenomelanophila miranda (LeConte) - Xenomelanophila miranda Buprestid - Phaenops lecontei Melanophila consputa? - Melanophila consputa Phaenops fulvoguttata? - Phaenops Phaenops gentilis I think... - Phaenops gentilis Xenomelanophila miranda UCSC Fort Ord-J.2022.01 - Melanophila consputa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Buprestinae
Tribe Melanophilini
Explanation of Names
Melanophilini Bedel 1921
Numbers
22 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1); 47 spp. in 6 genera total(2)
Identification
Keys to genra and most current species (in Spanish) (3)
Range
worldwide except the Neotropics (a single sp. in Australia)(2); throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
3.Ensayo monográfico sobre las Melanophila Eschscholtz sensu lato (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Cobos, A. 1986. Eos : Revista Española de Entomología 62(1-4): 45-90.
Contributed by v belov on 17 May, 2010 - 4:14am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 14 February, 2020 - 5:16pm

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