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Checklist for Subfamily Buprestinae Leach, 1815
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
498
13287
62755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
137
4461
21671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
120
4009
18605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
23
393
1560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
2
77
424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBuprestidae
Leach, 1815
Flat-headed wood-borers, Flatheaded borers, Jewel beetles
76
419
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyBuprestinae
Leach, 1815
22
160
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
22 Genera with 160 Species
#ABCEKMNPST
Actenodes Dejean, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Agaeocera Saunders, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Agrilaxia Kerremans, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 194071SpeciesTaxom
Belionota Eschscholtz, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Buprestis Linnaeus, 1940Jewel Beetle25SpeciesTaxom
Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 186313SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 200726SpeciesTaxom
Cyrioides Carter, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Eurythyrea Dejean, 19405SpeciesTaxom
Kisanthobia Marseul, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Melanophila Eschscholtz, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Merimna Saunders, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Microcastalia Heller, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Neocuris Saunders, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Phaenops Eschscholtz, 190410SpeciesTaxom
Spectralia Casey, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Stigmodera Eschscholtz, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Temognatha Solier, 18635SpeciesTaxom
Trachykele Marseul, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Trachypteris Kirby, 17872SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
160 Species and 17 Subspecies
Actenodes chalybeitarsis Chevrolat, 1834
Agaeocera gigas Gory & Laporte, 1839
Agrilaxia angustiptera Bílý, 2017
Agrilaxia antennata Bílý, 2017
Agrilaxia nigra Bílý, 2017
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) ariadna Bílý, 1982
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) candens Panzer, 1793
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) chevrieri Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) cyanescens Gory, 1841
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) deaurata (Gmelin, 1790)⇒ Anthaxia senicula senicula Schrank, 1789
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) dimidiata Thunberg, 1789
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) fulgurans Schran, 1789
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) funerula Illiger, 1803
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) hypomelaena Illiger, 1803
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) impunctata Abeille de P..., 1909
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) lucens Küster, 1852
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) manca Linnaeus, 1767
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) mendizabali Cobos, 1965
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) midas Kiesenwetter, 1857
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nereis (Schaefer, 1938)⇒ Anthaxia impunctata Abeille de P..., 1909
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nitidula Linnaeus, 1758
Anthaxia nitidula nitidula Linnaeus, 1758
Anthaxia nitidula signaticollis Krynicki, 1832
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) podolica Mannerheim, 1837
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) salicis Fabricius, 1776Pasture splendour beetle
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) semicuprea Küster, 1852
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) suzannae Théry, 1942
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) thalassophila Abeille de P..., 1900
Anthaxia thalassophila thalassophila Abeille de P..., 1900
Anthaxia (Anthaxia) tuerki Ganglbauer, 1886
Anthaxia (Cratomerus) hungarica Scopoli, 1772
Anthaxia hungarica hungarica Scopoli, 1772
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) aprutiana Gerini, 1955
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) cichorii Olivier, 1790
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) confusa (Gory, 1841)⇒ Anthaxia barri Bílý, 1995
Anthaxia confusa baudii Obenberger, 1914
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) fulgidipennis Lucas, 1846
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) ignipennis Abeille de P..., 1882
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) millefolii (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Anthaxia nitidula nitidula Linnaeus, 1758
Anthaxia millefolii millefolii Fabricius, 1801
Anthaxia millefolii polychloros Abeille de P..., 1894
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) olympica Kiesenwetter, 1880
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) parallela Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) quercata Fabricius, 1801
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) scutellaris Géné, 1839
Anthaxia scutellaris semireducta Pic, 1911
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) umbellatarum Fabricius, 1787
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) aeneogaster Gory and Lap..., 1839
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) barri Bílý, 1995Heavy marsh crab
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) carmen Obenberger, 1912
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) corsica Reiche, 1861
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) espanoli Cobos, 1954
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) godeti Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) helvetica Stierlin, 1868
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) inornata Randall, 1838
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) istriana Rosenhauer, 1847
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) morio Fabricius, 1793
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) nigritula Ratzeburg, 1837
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) nigrojubata Roubal, 1913
Anthaxia nigrojubata incognita Bílý, 1974
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1758Metallic wood-boring beetle
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) rugicollis Lucas, 1846
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) sepulchralis Fabricius, 1801
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) similis (E. Saunders, 1871)⇒ Anthaxia morio Fabricius, 1793
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) simiola Casey, 1884
Anthaxia bedeli Abeille de P..., 1893
Anthaxia beneckei B. Förster, 1891
Anthaxia biimpressa L. Piton, 1940
Anthaxia callicera Gerstäcker, 1884
Anthaxia eocenica Bílý, 1996
Anthaxia pulex Abeille de P..., 1893
Anthaxia senicula Schran, 1789
Anthaxia senicula senicula Schrank, 1789
Anthaxia spinolae Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anthaxia submontana (Obenberger, 1930)⇒ Anthaxia godeti Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anthaxia ventricosa L. Piton, 1940
Belionota championi Murray, 1862
Buprestis (Buprestis) haemorrhoidalis Herbst, 1780
Buprestis (Buprestis) laeviventris LeConte, 1857
Buprestis (Buprestis) lyrata Casey, 1909Pink-faced jewel beetle
Buprestis (Buprestis) maculativentris Say, 1825Spotted-Belly Buprestid Beetle
Buprestis (Buprestis) novemmaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ptosima undecimmaculata undecimmaculata Herbst, 1784
Buprestis novemmaculata novemmaculata Linnaeus, 1758
Buprestis (Buprestis) nutalli Kirby, 1837
Buprestis (Buprestis) octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758
Buprestis octoguttata corsica Obenberger, 1938
Buprestis (Buprestis) rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Poecilonota variolosa variolosa Paykull, 1799
Buprestis (Buprestis) strigosa Gebler, 1830
Buprestis (Buprestis) subornata LeConte, 1860
Buprestis (Cypriacis) adjecta LeConte, 1854Buprestid beetle
Buprestis (Cypriacis) aurulenta (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Eurythyrea austriaca Linnaeus, 1767
Buprestis (Cypriacis) intricata Casey, 1909
Buprestis (Cypriacis) splendens Fabricius, 1775Goldstreifiger
Buprestis (Cypriacis) striata Fabricius, 1775Coral snapping shrimp
Buprestis (Knulliobuprestis) rufipes Olivier, 1790Red-legged Buprestis
Buprestis (Knulliobuprestis) viridisuturalis Nicolay & Weiss, 1918
Buprestis (Nelsonocheira) langii Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Buprestis (Stereosa) decora (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Buprestis salisburyensis Herbst, 1801
Buprestis impedita (Say, 1833)⇒ Buprestis striata Fabricius, 1775
Buprestis metallica (L. Piton, 1940)⇒ Sphenoptera laportei Saunders, 1871
Buprestis octomaculata (L. Piton, 1940)⇒ Buprestis novemmaculata novemmaculata Linnaeus, 1758
Buprestis viridis (L. Piton, 1940)⇒ Agrilus viridis viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Castiarina alecgemmelli Barker, 1987
Castiarina australasiae Gory & Laporte, 1838Mudflat visored shrimp
Castiarina bicolor Gory & Laporte, 1838Visored shrimp
Castiarina decemmaculata Kirby, 1818Ten-spot Jewel Beetle
Castiarina hilaris Hope, 1846
Castiarina inconspicua Saunders, 1868
Castiarina octospilota Gory & Laporte, 1838
Castiarina punctatosulcata Saunders, 1869Slope lebbeid
Castiarina quinquepunctata Waterhouse, 1874
Castiarina sagittaria Gory & Laporte, 1838
Castiarina scalaris Boisduval, 1835
Castiarina sexplagiata Gory, 1841
Castiarina viridiventris MacLeay, 1863
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) affinis Fabricius, 1794Beetle
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) chrysostigma Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) igniventris Reitter, 1895
Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) solieri Gory & Laporte, 1837
Chrysobothris adelpha Harold, 1869
Chrysobothris analis LeConte, 1860Motillo
Chrysobothris bothrideres Fairmaire, 1864
Chrysobothris femorata Olivier, 1790Flat-headed apple tree borer
Chrysobothris ignicollis Horn, 1885
Chrysobothris leechi Barr, 1974
Chrysobothris lineatipennis Van Dyke, 1916
Chrysobothris mali Horn, 1886Pacific flat-headed borer
Chrysobothris modesta Waterhouse, 1887
Chrysobothris monticola Fall, 1910Dry calcareous bryum moss
Chrysobothris neopusilla Fisher, 1942
Chrysobothris nixa Horn, 1886Cedar flatheaded borer
Chrysobothris paratabalipa Nelson, 1975
Chrysobothris pseudotsugae Van Dyke, 1916
Chrysobothris rotundicollis Gory & Laporte, 1837
Chrysobothris sabae Maier & Ivie, 2013
Chrysobothris scabra (Gory, 1841)⇒ Chrysobothris scabripennis Gory & Laporte, 1837
Chrysobothris scabripennis Gory & Laporte, 1837
Chrysobothris semisculpta LeConte, 1860Motillo
Chrysobothris trinervia Kirby, 1837Brackish grass shrimp
Chrysobothris viridicyanea Horn, 1886
Chrysobothris wintu Wellso & Manley, 2007
Cyrioides imperialis Fabricius, 1801Banksia jewel beetle
Eurythyrea austriaca Linnaeus, 1767Golden Buprestid
Eurythyrea micans Fabricius, 1793
Eurythyrea micropunctata L. Piton, 1940
Eurythyrea quercus Herbst, 1780
Eurythyrea viridis Piton, 1940
Kisanthobia ariasi Robert, 1858
Melanophila acuminata De Geer, 1774Black fire beetle
Melanophila cuspidata Klug, 1829
Melanophila cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Melobasis (Melobasis) gloriosa Laporte & Gory, 1837
Merimna atrata Gory & Laporte, 1837Fire beetle
Microcastalia globithorax Thomson, 1878Brown prawn
Neocuris pubescens Blackburn, 1887
Phaenops cyanea (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Melanophila cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Phaenops drummondi Kirby, 1837Flatheaded fir borer
Phaenops formaneki Jakobson, 1913
Phaenops formaneki bohemica Bílý, 1976
Phaenops formaneki formaneki Jacobson, 1912
Phaenops formaneki lavagnei Théry, 1942
Phaenops gentilis LeConte, 1863Flatheaded pine borer
Phaenops guttulata Gebler, 1830
Phaenops knoteki Reitter, 1898
Phaenops sumptuosa Abeille de P..., 1904
Stigmodera bicolor (Castelnau, 1838)⇒ Castiarina bicolor Gory & Laporte, 1838
Stigmodera cancellata Donovan, 1805Red Spotted Jewel Beetle
Stigmodera unicolor Piton, 1940
Temognatha latithorax Thomson, 1857
Temognatha maculiventris MacLeay, 1863
Temognatha obesissima obesissima Thomson, 1879
Temognatha spencii Gory & Laporte, 1838
Temognatha vitticollis MacLeay, 1863
Trachykele nimbosa Fall, 1906
Trachypteris picta Pallas, 1773
Trachypteris picta decostigma Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Buprestinae with occurrences in West Europe
TribeAnthaxiini
Gory & Laporte, 1839
2
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeBubastini
Obenberger, 1920
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeBuprestini
Leach, 1815
4
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeChrysobothrini
Gory & Laporte, 1838
4
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCuridini
Holynski, 1988
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeEpistomentini
Levey, 1978
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeKisanthobiini
Richter, 1949
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelanophilini
Bedel, 1921
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelobasini
Bílý, 2000
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePhrixiini
Cobos, 1975
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeStigmoderini
Lacordaire, 1985
3
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Buprestinae at artfakta.se
Buprestinae at dyntaxa.se
Buprestinae at itis.gov