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Checklist for Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 (Jewel Beetles)
and region Windward Islands (Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
355
2533
4360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
353
2531
4358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
345
2499
4310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
233
1995
3533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
76
735
1257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
72
700
1200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
15
55
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
2
13
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Windward Islands
2 Families width 21 Species
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers20SpeciesTaxom
Schizopodidae LeConte, 1859False Jewel Beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Windward Islands
13 Genera with 21 Species
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 19814SpeciesTaxom
Actenodes Dejean, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Anambodera Barr, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Aphanisticus Latrielle, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 17905SpeciesTaxom
Ctenicerium Westwood, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Euplectalecia Obenberger, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Glyptoscelimorpha Horn, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Hylaeogena Obenberger, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Neotrachys Obenberger, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Polybothris Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Polycesta Dejean, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Taphrocerus Solier, 20121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Windward Islands
21 Species
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) dolorosa (Fall, 1899)⇒ Acmaeodera quadrifasciata pruneri Spinola, 1838
Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) jocosa Fall, 1899
Acmaeodera danforthi Fisher, 1949
Acmaeodera villiersi Descarpentries, 1981
Actenodes marmoratus Gory & Laporte, 1837
Anambodera gemina Horn, 1878
Aphanisticus cochinchinae Obenberger, 1924Fendlerbush
Chrysobothris beeri (Barr, 1969)⇒ Chrysobothris caurina Horn, 1886
Chrysobothris bella Fisher, 1925
Chrysobothris caurina Horn, 1886
Chrysobothris guadeloupensis Descarpentries, 1981
Chrysobothris tranquebarica Gmelin, 1790Australian pine borer
Ctenicerium blissus J. O. Westwood, 1854
Euplectalecia erythropa Gory, 1840
Glyptoscelimorpha (Glyptoscelimorpha) marmorata Horn, 1893
Hylaeogena kirschi Obenberger, 1925
Neotrachys fennahi Théry, 1940
Polybothris coccinella Laporte & Gory, 1837
Polycesta (Polycesta) goryi Saunders, 1871
Polycesta depressa Linnaeus, 1771
Taphrocerus constantini Brûlé, 2012

Subnodes of Buprestoidea with occurrences in Windward Islands
FamilyBuprestidae
Leach, 1815
Flat-headed wood-borers, Flatheaded borers, Jewel beetles, Metallic wood borers, Metallic wood-boring beetles
12
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySchizopodidae
LeConte, 1859
False Jewel Beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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