Buprestidae

Chalcophora mariana of the subfamily Chrysochroinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buprestoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamiliae (7): Agrilinae – Buprestinae – Chrysochroinae – Galbellinae – Julodinae – Polycestinae – †Parathyreinae

Unplaced genera

Pygicera –

Name

Buprestidae Leach, 1815

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barahona-Segovia, R.M., & Pañinao-Monsálvez, L. 2020. New record of the endemic jewel beetle Pygicera scripta krahmeri (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Nacionini) from a coastal forest of Hualpén, Biobío Region, Chile. Zootaxa 4731(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.12 Reference page. 
• Bellamy, C.L. 1993: A list of the primary types of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. Giornale italiano di entomologia, 6(34): 357–378. PDF Reference page. 
• Bílý, S. 2018. Corrections to and comments on the publication dealing with the type specimens of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) deposited in NFIC, Dehradun, India. Zootaxa 4444(1): 92–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.6 Reference page. 
• Bílý, S. & Volkovitsh, M.G. 2017. New unavailable names in Buprestidae (Coleoptera) and a short comment on the electronic publication of new names. Zootaxa 4243(2): 371–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.6. Reference page. 
• Ghahari, H., Volkovitsh, M.G. & Bellamy, C.L. 2015. An annotated catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Zootaxa 3984(1): 1–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3984.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-743-0 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-744-7 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Kalashian, M.Yu.; Volkovitsh, M.G. 2009: New species of the buprestid genus Sphenoptera Dejean from India and Pakistan with notes on the synonymy and nomenclature of some species of the subgenus Sphenoptera s. str. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Entomological review, 89(4): 437–450. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873809040083
• Viette, P.; Bellamy, C.L.; Aberlenc, H.-P. 2009: Catalogue of Madagascan and adjacent islands Buprestidae (Bellamy 2006): addenda & corrigenda. Zootaxa, 2197: 64–68. Abstract & excerpt
• Westcott, R.L. & Bílý, S. 2018. Lectotype designations in Acmaeodera Eschscholtz and Anthaxia Eschscholtz, and new synonymy in Phaenops Dejean and Anthaxia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 4471(3): 590–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.11 Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Buprestidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera:Buprestidae). Maurizio Gigli.
• Atlas of jewel beetles (Buprestidae) of Russia
• EoL
• The World of Jewel Beetles – World Checklist. C. L. Bellamy.
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
  ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.325

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: pragkewers
беларуская: Златкі
čeština: Krascovití
Deutsch: Prachtkäfer
English: Jewel beetle / Metallic wood boring beetle
français: Bupreste
日本語: タマムシ科
lietuvių: Blizgiavabaliai
norsk: Prachtkevers
polski: Bogatkowate
русский: Златки
српски / srpski: Красци
svenska: Praktbaggar
ไทย: แมลงทับ
中文: 吉丁蟲科

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