| Micrasta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily: | Buprestoidea |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Micrasta Kerremans, 1893 |
Micrasta 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.
- Micrasta alvarengai Cobos, 1959
- Micrasta amplithorax Kerremans, 1893
- Micrasta bucki Cobos, 1961
- Micrasta creola Obenberger, 1936
- Micrasta cubensis Fisher, 1930
- Micrasta cyanipennis Kerremans, 1893
- Micrasta fisheri Théry, 1927
- Micrasta gyleki Obenberger, 1917
- Micrasta hispaniolae Fisher, 1940
- Micrasta meligethoides Kerremans, 1893
- Micrasta minuta Kerremans, 1896
- Micrasta monticola Fisher, 1940
- Micrasta negrei Cobos, 1961
- Micrasta oakleyi Fisher, 1935
- Micrasta ornata Fisher, 1935
- Micrasta parallela Kerremans, 1896
- Micrasta peruviana Fisher, 1949
- Micrasta puertoricensis Fisher, 1940
- Micrasta pygmaeola Obenberger, 1917
- Micrasta strandi Obenberger, 1936
- Micrasta subcylindrica Fisher, 1940
- Micrasta typica Kerremans, 1893
- Micrasta uniformis (Waterhouse, 1896)
- Micrasta viridis Kerremans, 1896
