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Checklist for Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 (Jewel Beetles)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
352
2671
5038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
351
2670
5037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2630
4959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
220
1988
3673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
57
578
1006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
54
516
877
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
9
53
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
1
9
21
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Puerto Rico
1 Family width 21 Species
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers21SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Puerto Rico
9 Genera with 21 Species
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 19259SpeciesTaxom
Micrasta Kerremans, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Neotrachys Obenberger, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Peronaemis Waterhouse, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Polycesta Dejean, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Sphenoptera Dejean, 1790metallic wood-boring beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Taphrocerus Solier, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Trachys Fabricius, 19371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
21 Species
Acmaeodera gundlachi Fisher, 1925
Chrysobothris bothrideres Fairmaire, 1864
Chrysobothris dentipes Germar, 1824
Chrysobothris marskae
Chrysobothris megacephala Gory & Laporte, 1837Sweet river prawn
Chrysobothris schaefferi Obenberger, 1934Longarm river prawn
Chrysobothris thoracica Fabricius, 1798
Chrysobothris thoracicus (Schaeffer, 1905)⇒ Chrysobothris schaefferi Obenberger, 1934
Chrysobothris tranquebarica Gmelin, 1790Australian pine borer
Chrysobothris wolcotti Fisher, 1925
Micrasta oakleyi Fisher, 1935Metallic wood-boring beetle
Micrasta ornata Fisher, 1935
Micrasta puertoricensis Fisher, 1940
Neotrachys hoffmani Fisher, 1930
Peronaemis cupricollis Fisher, 1949
Polycesta (Polycesta) goryi Saunders, 1871
Polycesta depressa Linnaeus, 1771
Polycesta thomae Chevrolat, 1838
Sphenoptera (Deudora) gemmata Olivier, 1790
Taphrocerus elegans Fisher, 1925
Trachys xenarthra Obenberger, 1937

Subnodes of Buprestoidea with occurrences in Puerto Rico
FamilyBuprestidae
Leach, 1815
Flat-headed wood-borers, Flatheaded borers, Jewel beetles, Metallic wood borers, Metallic wood-boring beetles
9
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



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