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Checklist for Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 (Jewel Beetles)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
803
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
51
684
1481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
11
22
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
1
4
16
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nigeria
1 Family width 16 Species
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers16SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
4 Genera with 16 Species
Agrilus Curtis, 18989SpeciesTaxom
Parataenia Kerremans, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Sphenoptera Dejean, 1839metallic wood-boring beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Tristria Stål, 19074SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
16 Species
Agrilus carystus Obenberger, 1935
Agrilus charaxes Obenberger, 1939
Agrilus lubischevi Stepanov, 1958
Agrilus malloti Kurosawa, 1957
Agrilus overlaeti Burgeon, 1941
Agrilus owas Gory & Laporte, 1837
Agrilus perplexus Burmeister, 1872
Agrilus samyi Baudon, 1968
Agrilus sumbuanus Kerremans, 1898
Parataenia chrysochlora Palisot de B..., 1805
Sphenoptera delegorguei Thomson, 1878
Sphenoptera quinquepunctata Gory & Laporte, 1839
Tristria conops Karsch, 1896
Tristria discoidalis Bolivar, 1890
Tristria marginicosta Karsch, 1896
Tristria pallida Karny, 1907

Subnodes of Buprestoidea with occurrences in Nigeria
FamilyBuprestidae
Leach, 1815
Flat-headed wood-borers, Flatheaded borers, Jewel beetles, Metallic wood borers, Metallic wood-boring beetles
4
16
Genera
Species

Taxom



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