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Checklist of Family Buprestidae Leach, 1815 (Flat-headed wood-borers)
for Caribbean islands (Caribbean)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
643
11825
35784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
639
11810
35753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
614
11665
35378
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
380
9246
28594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
103
3132
10203
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
96
2877
9260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
23
298
1158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
2
45
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBuprestidae
Leach, 1815
Flat-headed wood-borers, Flatheaded borers, Jewel beetles
44
167
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean islands
44 Genera with 167 Species
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Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 192513SpeciesTaxom
Actenodes Dejean, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Agaeocera Saunders, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Agrilus Curtis, 200132SpeciesTaxom
Anambodera Barr, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Aphanisticus Latrielle, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Buprestis Linnaeus, 1953Jewel Beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 18414SpeciesTaxom
Chalcophora Dejean, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 192530SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicerium Westwood, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Dicerca Eschscholtz, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Diphucrania Dejean, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Dismorpha Gistel, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Euchroma Solier, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Euplectalecia Obenberger, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Halecia Laporte & Gory, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Hylaeogena Obenberger, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Lampetis Dejean, 18235SpeciesTaxom
Leiopleura Deyrolle, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Mastogenius Solier, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Melanophila Eschscholtz, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Micrasta Kerremans, 194011SpeciesTaxom
Neotrachys Obenberger, 19304SpeciesTaxom
Obenbergerula Strand, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pachyschelus Solier, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Paragrilus Saunders, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Paratyndaris Fisher, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Peronaemis Waterhouse, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Phaenops Eschscholtz, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Polybothris Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Polycesta Dejean, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotrigonogya Manley, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Psiloptera Dejean, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Sambomorpha Obenberger, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Sambus Deyrolle, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Spectralia Casey, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Sphenoptera Dejean, 1790metallic wood-boring beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Taphrocerus Solier, 192515SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonoschema Thomson, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Trachys Fabricius, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Xenorhipis LeConte, 19361SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean islands
167 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) dolorosa (Fall, 1899)⇒ Acmaeodera quadrifasciata pruneri Spinola, 1838
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) flavomarginata Gray, 1831Yellow-bordered Flower Buprestid
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) jocosa Fall, 1899
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) mixta LeConte, 1860Motillo
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) tubulus Fabricius, 1801
Acmaeodera (Palaeotethya) bipunctata Olivier, 1790
Acmaeodera cruenta Olivier, 1790
Acmaeodera danforthi Fisher, 1949
Acmaeodera gundlachi Fisher, 1925
Acmaeodera impluviata Mannerheim, 1837
Acmaeodera subcylindrica Fisher, 1925
Acmaeodera villiersi Descarpentries, 1981
Acmaeodera wickhami Fisher, 1925
Actenodes marmoratus Gory & Laporte, 1837
Agaeocera scintillans Waterhouse, 1882
Agrilus (Agrilus) aureus Chevrolat, 1838
Agrilus (Agrilus) coxalis Waterhouse, 1889Goldspotted oak borer
Agrilus (Agrilus) latifrons Waterhouse, 1889
Agrilus (Agrilus) pisanus Curletti, 1980
Agrilus (Agrilus) planipennis Fairmaire, 1888Emerald ash borer
Agrilus (Agrilus) suvorovi Obenberger, 1935
Agrilus adamsoni Fisher, 1944
Agrilus aegilips Obenberger, 1935
Agrilus animatus Fisher, 1944
Agrilus brussae (Obenberger, 1956)⇒ Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger, 1935
Agrilus callani Fisher, 1943
Agrilus captivus Fisher, 1944
Agrilus charaxes Obenberger, 1939
Agrilus cibarius Fisher, 1944
Agrilus consumptoris Fisher, 1944
Agrilus crapulellus Thomson, 1879
Agrilus dietzi Fisher, 1938
Agrilus esculentus Fisher, 1944
Agrilus fissifrons tetrastichus Obenberger, 1924
Agrilus florilegus Obenberger, 1933
Agrilus hostia Fisher, 1944
Agrilus jamaicensis Hespenheide, 1997
Agrilus littlei Curtis, 1840
Agrilus oishii Toyama, 1987
Agrilus picinus Fisher, 1943
Agrilus praedae Fisher, 1943
Agrilus sicariellus Thomson, 1879
Agrilus squalus Waterhouse, 1889
Agrilus syrphus Descarpentri..., 1963
Agrilus trinidadensis Fisher, 1944
Agrilus victima Fisher, 1944
Agrilus wallaby Curletti, 2001
Anambodera gemina Horn, 1878
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) ariadna Bílý, 1982
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) umbellatarum Fabricius, 1787
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) istriana Rosenhauer, 1847
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1758Metallic wood-boring beetle
Aphanisticus cochinchinae Obenberger, 1924Fendlerbush
Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger, 1929Jewel beetle
Buprestis (Buprestis) laeviventris LeConte, 1857
Buprestis (Buprestis) lineata (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Sphenoptera gemmata gemmata Olivier, 1790
Buprestis (Knulliobuprestis) rufipes Olivier, 1790Red-legged Buprestis
Buprestis hispaniolae Fisher, 1940
Buprestis zayasi Fisher, 1953
Castiarina bella Saunders, 1871
Castiarina rufipennis Kirby, 1818
Castiarina sexguttata MacLeay, 1863
Castiarina sexplagiata Gory, 1841
Chalcophora humboldti Laporte & Gory, 1836
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) chalcophana Klug, 1829
Chrysobothris amberestris C. L. Bellamy, 1999
Chrysobothris beeri (Barr, 1969)⇒ Chrysobothris caurina Horn, 1886
Chrysobothris bella Fisher, 1925
Chrysobothris bothrideres Fairmaire, 1864
Chrysobothris caurina Horn, 1886
Chrysobothris chactas Gory & Laporte, 1837
Chrysobothris cornigera Fisher, 1944
Chrysobothris dentipes Germar, 1824
Chrysobothris frontiscalla Domínguez & ..., 1971
Chrysobothris gowdeyi Fisher, 1928
Chrysobothris guadeloupensis Descarpentries, 1981
Chrysobothris haitiensis Fisher, 1930Bay shrimp
Chrysobothris hispaniola
Chrysobothris kotoensis Miwa & Chûj..., 1940
Chrysobothris leechi Barr, 1974
Chrysobothris marskae
Chrysobothris marskeae Maier & Ivie, 2013
Chrysobothris megacephala Gory & Laporte, 1837Sweet river prawn
Chrysobothris monticola Fall, 1910Dry calcareous bryum moss
Chrysobothris parvofoveata Fisher, 1925
Chrysobothris schaefferi Obenberger, 1934Longarm river prawn
Chrysobothris sexfasciata Schaeffer, 1919Everglade Key pencilflower
Chrysobothris thoracica Fabricius, 1798
Chrysobothris thoracicus (Schaeffer, 1905)⇒ Chrysobothris schaefferi Obenberger, 1934
Chrysobothris tranquebarica Gmelin, 1790Australian pine borer
Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer, 1845
Chrysobothris wintu Wellso & Manley, 2007
Chrysobothris wolcotti Fisher, 1925
Ctenicerium blissus J. O. Westwood, 1854
Dicerca (Dicerca) alni Fischer von ..., 1824
Diphucrania chalcophora Barker, 2001
Diphucrania roseocuprea Hope, 1846
Dismorpha aequatoriana Cobos, 1990
Euchroma gigantea (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Euchroma giganteum Linnaeus, 1758
Euchroma giganteum Linnaeus, 1758Giant Metallic Ceiba Borer
Euplectalecia erythropa Gory, 1840
Halecia ignicollis Théry, 1923
Hylaeogena kirschi Obenberger, 1925
Lampetis aurata Saunders, 1871
Lampetis bahamica Fisher, 1925
Lampetis callimicra Kerremans, 1893
Lampetis scintillans Waterhouse, 1877
Lampetis torquata Dalman, 1823
Leiopleura darlingtoni Fisher, 1940
Leiopleura gibbipennis Fisher, 1940
Leiopleura iviei Hespenheide ..., 2004
Leiopleura otero Fisher, 1935
Mastogenius howdenorum Manley, 1990
Melanophila notata Laporte & Gory, 1837
Melobasis (Melobasis) purpurascens Fabricius, 1801Western king prawn
Micrasta creola Obenberger, 1936
Micrasta cubensis Fisher, 1930
Micrasta gyleki Obenberger, 1917
Micrasta hispaniolae Fisher, 1940
Micrasta monticola Fisher, 1940
Micrasta oakleyi Fisher, 1935Metallic wood-boring beetle
Micrasta ornata Fisher, 1935
Micrasta puertoricensis Fisher, 1940
Micrasta pygmaeola Obenberger, 1917
Micrasta strandi Obenberger, 1936
Micrasta subcylindrica Fisher, 1940
Neotrachys dominicanus Théry, 1947
Neotrachys fennahi Théry, 1940
Neotrachys guadeloupensis Fleutiaux & ..., 1890
Neotrachys hoffmani Fisher, 1930
Pachyschelus collaris Laporte & Gory, 1840
Pachyschelus cupricauda Fisher, 1922
Paragrilus transitorius Waterhouse, 1889
Paratyndaris antillarum Fisher, 1940
Peronaemis cupricollis Fisher, 1949
Peronaemis elegans Fisher, 1930
Peronaemis monticolus Fisher, 1936
Phaenops californica Van Dyke, 1918California flat-headed borer
Phaenops gentilis LeConte, 1863Flatheaded pine borer
Polybothris coccinella Laporte & Gory, 1837
Polycesta (Polycesta) goryi Saunders, 1871
Polycesta depressa Linnaeus, 1771
Polycesta insulana Fisher, 1930
Polycesta porcata Fabricius, 1775
Polycesta thomae Chevrolat, 1838
Pseudotrigonogya insularis Fisher, 1949
Psiloptera fulgida Olivier, 1790
Sambomorpha clarki Hespenheide, 1990
Sambus macromerus Montrouzier, 1860
Sphenoptera (Deudora) gemmata Olivier, 1790
Sphenoptera gemmata gemmata Olivier, 1790
Taphrocerus aeneocollis Fisher, 1925
Taphrocerus aeneocupreus Fisher, 1925
Taphrocerus albomaculatus Fisher, 1928
Taphrocerus bruneri Fisher, 1930
Taphrocerus chalumeaui Hespenheide, 1998
Taphrocerus constantini Brûlé, 2012
Taphrocerus depilis Kerremans, 1896
Taphrocerus elegans Fisher, 1925
Taphrocerus exiguus Obenberger, 1934
Taphrocerus finitimus Obenberger, 1924
Taphrocerus fisherellus Obenberger, 1937
Taphrocerus haitiensis Fisher, 1949
Taphrocerus shannoni Fisher, 1933
Taphrocerus subglaber Fisher, 1925
Tetragonoschema quadratum Buquet, 1841
Tetragonoschema trinidadense Bellamy, 1991
Trachys xenarthra Obenberger, 1937
Xenorhipis acunai Fisher, 1936

Subnodes of Buprestidae with occurrences in Caribbean islands
SubfamilyAgrilinae
Laporte, 1835
14
65
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyBuprestinae
Leach, 1815
13
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChrysochroinae
Laporte, 1835
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMastogeninae
LeConte & Horn, 1883
2
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolycestinae
Lacordaire, 1857
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Buprestidae (Leach 1815)
Buprestidae (Leach 1815)


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