Leiopleura

Leiopleura
Leiopleura jewel beetle in Belize
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Subfamily:	Agrilinae
Tribe:	Tracheini
Genus:	Leiopleura Deyrolle, 1864
Synonyms [1]
Enbrachys Fisher, 1935 Leiopleurella Fisher, 1922 Liopleura Kerremans, 1892

Leiopleura is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae. There are more than 150 described species in Leiopleura, found in the Neotropics and Oceania. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 152 species belong to the genus Leiopleura: ^{[2] [3]}

• Leiopleura achardi Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura aenea Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura aeneifrons Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura aerata (Kirsch, 1873)
• Leiopleura amica Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura ana Thomson, 1878
• Leiopleura anniae Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura aphrodyte Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura argentina Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura artemis Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura attenuata Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura balachowskyi Descarpentries, 1970
• Leiopleura balloui Fisher, 1938
• Leiopleura basalis Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura beltii Waterhouse, 1897
• Leiopleura bicolor Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura binderi Obenberger, 1924
• Leiopleura boliviana Fisher, 1925
• Leiopleura brasiliensis Kerremans, 1903
• Leiopleura bruchiana Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura buscki Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura cantareirae Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura capitata (Fabricius, 1801)
• Leiopleura carbonata (LeConte, 1860)
• Leiopleura catharinae Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura cayennarum Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura cincta Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura clara Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura claveri Kerremans, 1900
• Leiopleura coeruleicollis Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura collaris Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura colorata Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura communis Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura compactilis Chevrolat, 1867
• Leiopleura concinna (Gory, 1841)
• Leiopleura contigua Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura convexa Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura corax Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura corumbae Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura costaricana Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura crassa Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura cuprascens Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura cupriceps Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura cupricollis Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura cyaneifrons Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura cyanura Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura darlingtoni Fisher, 1940
• Leiopleura dilatata Obenberger, 1924
• Leiopleura distincta Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura dives Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura divina Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura divisa Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura dorsalis Thomson, 1879
• Leiopleura dubia Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura elongata Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura fallax Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura fisherella Obenberger, 1934
• Leiopleura fisheri (Obenberger, 1932)
• Leiopleura gemma Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura gibbipennis (Fisher, 1940)
• Leiopleura gibbosa Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura gorai Fisher, 1925
• Leiopleura goryi (Thomson, 1878)
• Leiopleura grandis Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura guyanensis Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura hansi Obenberger, 1924
• Leiopleura hera Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura hypocrita Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura inaequalis Kerremans, 1894
• Leiopleura inca Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura incerta Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura inornata (Kirsch, 1873)
• Leiopleura intermedia Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura interrupta Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura iunctiseta Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura iviei Hespenheide & Bellamy, 2004
• Leiopleura jakobsoni Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura jakovlevi Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura klapaleki Obenberger, 1924
• Leiopleura klickai Obenberger, 1937
• Leiopleura lata Kerremans, 1894
• Leiopleura lateralis Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura leprosa Obenberger, 1924
• Leiopleura levis Kerremans, 1894
• Leiopleura limae Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura loretana Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura luederwaldti Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura melaena Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura melichari (Obenberger, 1922)
• Leiopleura mexicana Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura minuta Kerremans, 1894
• Leiopleura modesta Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura moerens Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura mrazi Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura mutabilis Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura nickerli Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura nigra Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura nigrita (Gory, 1841)
• Leiopleura nigrocoerulea Obenberger, 1917
• Leiopleura nitidicollis Kerremans, 1894
• Leiopleura nobilis (Kirsch, 1873)
• Leiopleura ogloblini Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura opacipennis Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura otero (Fisher, 1935)
• Leiopleura ovata Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura pacifica Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura pallidicollis Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura paraguayensis Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura parallela (Kerremans, 1899)
• Leiopleura parvula Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura peruviae Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura peruviana Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura picea Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura plagidorsis (Obenberger, 1932)
• Leiopleura polita Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura puella Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura pulchra Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura puncticeps Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura purpureipennis Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura pygmaea Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura rosae Bellamy, 1998
• Leiopleura rotundata Kerremans, 1897
• Leiopleura rugosa (Fabricius, 1801)
• Leiopleura santaecrucis Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura satanella Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura schroederi Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura semenovi (Obenberger, 1932)
• Leiopleura similis Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura simillima Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura socialis Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura soror Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura splendida (Fisher, 1922)
• Leiopleura srogli Obenberger, 1924
• Leiopleura steinbachi Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura strandi Obenberger, 1936
• Leiopleura subcircularis Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura subopaca Fisher, 1922
• Leiopleura tabaci Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura tristicula Obenberger, 1937
• Leiopleura tristis (Kirsch, 1873)
• Leiopleura trivialis Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura trochilus Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura tuberculipennis Cobos, 1978
• Leiopleura unicolor Kerremans, 1896
• Leiopleura uvarovi (Obenberger, 1932)
• Leiopleura vanrooni Obenberger, 1923
• Leiopleura vavrai Obenberger, 1922
• Leiopleura venusta Waterhouse, 1889
• Leiopleura venustula (Gory, 1841)
• Leiopleura viridiceps Kerremans, 1899
• Leiopleura viridicollis (Gory, 1841)
• Leiopleura viridifrons Waterhouse, 1889

References

1. "ITIS report, Leiopleura" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.
2. "GBIF, Leiopleura" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Leiopleura Deyrolle, 1864" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.
4. Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The World of Jewel Beetles" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Leiopleura at iNaturalist