| Callimicra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily: | Buprestoidea |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Callimicra Deyrolle, 1864 |
Callimicra is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: [1]
Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. The largest of all families, the Curculionidae (weevils) with some 70,000 member species, belongs to this order. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.
- Callimicra acuminata Fisher, 1925
- Callimicra amicalis Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra angustula Waterhouse, 1889
- Callimicra bartoni Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra bicolor (Gory & Laporte, 1839)
- Callimicra bifasciata Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra bourgeoisi Kerremans, 1914
- Callimicra brasiliensis Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra brevis (Gory & Laporte, 1839)
- Callimicra breviuscula Waterhouse, 1889
- Callimicra bruchi Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra bruchiana Obenberger, 1937
- Callimicra caesarea Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra chloroptera Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra chrysicollis Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra collaris Kerremans, 1900
- Callimicra coraeboides Kerremans, 1899
- Callimicra cuprea Kerremans, 1897
- Callimicra cyanea Kerremans, 1897
- Callimicra cyanescens Fisher, 1933
- Callimicra cyanipennis Kerremans, 1899
- Callimicra cyanoptera Fisher, 1925
- Callimicra cylindera Kerremans, 1903
- Callimicra darwini Hespenheide, 1980
- Callimicra difficilis Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra dimidiata Waterhouse, 1889
- Callimicra elongata Kerremans, 1896
- Callimicra embrikina Obenberger, 1936
- Callimicra festiva Fisher, 1925
- Callimicra frontalis Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra hoscheki Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra ignobilis (Kirsch, 1873)
- Callimicra iheringi Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra inca Kerremans, 1899
- Callimicra janthinula Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra longa Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra lucidula Waterhouse, 1889
- Callimicra nigra Kerremans, 1897
- Callimicra obenbergeri Cobos, 1978
- Callimicra obscurepurpurascens Obenberger, 1938
- Callimicra occidentalis Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra orchymonti Obenberger, 1937
- Callimicra paulensis Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra peruviana Kerremans, 1899
- Callimicra pinguis Thomson, 1879
- Callimicra pygmaea Kerremans, 1900
- Callimicra riveti Kerremans, 1914
- Callimicra scapha Kerremans, 1896
- Callimicra scintillans Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra scutellata Thomson, 1879
- Callimicra skrlandti Obenberger, 1932
- Callimicra stichai Obenberger, 1924
- Callimicra strandi Obenberger, 1922
- Callimicra subcyanea (Gory, 1841)
- Callimicra taciturna (Gory, 1841)
- Callimicra timialitha Thomson, 1879
- Callimicra vanrooni Obenberger, 1923
- Callimicra violaceipennis Waterhouse, 1889
- Callimicra viridifrons Fisher, 1925
- Callimicra viridis Kerremans, 1899
