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| Genus: | Neocuris Saunders, 1868 |
Neocuris 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 83,000 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.
- Neocuris aenescens Carter, 1928
- Neocuris anthaxoides Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris asperipennis Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris brownii Carter, 1915
- Neocuris carnabyae Barker, 1999
- Neocuris carteri Obenberger, 1923
- Neocuris coerulans Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris crassa Obenberger, 1923
- Neocuris cuprilatera Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris dichroa Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris discoflava Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris doddi Carter, 1928
- Neocuris duboulayi Carter, 1937
- Neocuris fairmairei Blackburn, 1887
- Neocuris fortnumi (Hope, 1846)
- Neocuris gracilis Macleay, 1872
- Neocuris guerinii (Hope, 1843)
- Neocuris ignicollis Carter, 1937
- Neocuris monochroma Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris nickerli Obenberger, 1923
- Neocuris nitidipennis (Obenberger, 1915)
- Neocuris obscurata Obenberger, 1923
- Neocuris ornata Carter, 1913
- Neocuris pauperata Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris pubescens Blackburn, 1887
- Neocuris smaragdifrons Obenberger, 1923
- Neocuris thoracica Fairmaire, 1877
- Neocuris violacea Carter, 1928
- Neocuris viridiaurea Macleay, 1888
- Neocuris viridimicans Fairmaire, 1877
