Microcastalia

Microcastalia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Microcastalia

Microcastalia is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae. There are at least two described species in Microcastalia. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Microcastalia. ^[2]

• Microcastalia globithorax (Thomson, 1878)
• Microcastalia scintillans (Carter, 1924)

References

1. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Microcastalia". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
2. "Browse Microcastalia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Further reading

• Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Pensoft. ISBN   978-9546423177.
• Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
• Bellamy, C.L.; Nelson, G.H. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (ed.). Family 41. Buprestidae Leach, 1815. CRC Press. pp. 98–112. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.{{cite book}}: ; |journal= ignored (help)
• Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters Jr., George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. Vol. Special Publication, no. 4. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN   978-0972608787.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.