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.
The Lymexylidae, also known as ship-timber beetles, are a family of wood-boring beetles. Lymexylidae belong to the suborder Polyphaga and are the sole member of the superfamily Lymexyloidea.
Chrysochroa is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles. Most of the many species are native to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, a good number are found in India, one in Japan, in Korea, and one in Africa.
Aaaaba is a genus of beetles from the Buprestidae family. It inhabits locations along the east coast of Australia. It was described in 1864 by Achille Deyrolle as "Alcinous", a junior homonym of a genus of pycnogonids. In 2002, Charles Bellamy gave it the replacement name "Aaaba", but this proved to be another junior homonym, of a genus of sponges. In 2013, it was given a further replacement name, becoming Aaaaba.
Temognatha is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles. Over 85 species in the genus are native to Australia.
Hypocisseis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Paracephala is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia. They are black to purplish in color and are associated with grasses.
Conognatha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: They are found in the Neotropical ecozone.
Cyrioides is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Eudiana is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Stigmodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. It is a large genus that some authors divide into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making Stigmodera a genus of some 550 species. Most are native to Australia and a few occur in New Guinea.
Chalcophorotaenia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Chrysaspis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Micropistus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Nipponobuprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae. This genus was established by Jan Obenberger in 1942, but the type species was not identified until Toyama did so in 1986. This genus contains the following species:
Paracupta is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Pseudotaenia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Steraspis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Cyrioides imperialis, commonly known as the banksia jewel beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae native to southeastern Australia. The Danish naturalist Johan Christian Fabricius was the first to describe it in 1801, and it still bears its original name.
Cyrioides vittigera, commonly known as the striped banksia jewel beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae native to Western Australia. It was described by the French naturalists Francis de Laporte de Castelnau and Hippolyte Louis Gory in 1835.
