Neotrachys

Neotrachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Subfamily:	Agrilinae
Tribe:	Tracheini
Subtribe:	Tracheina
Genus:	Neotrachys Obenberger, 1923

Neotrachys is a genus of Jewel Beetles in the beetle family Buprestidae. There are more than 30 described species in Neotrachys, found in the Neotropics. Many species are known to use ferns as their host plants. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Neotrachys: ^{[1] [2]}

• Neotrachys amazonicus (Kerremans, 1896)
• Neotrachys andrewsi Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys araguensis Cobos, 1978
• Neotrachys bellamyi Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys bicolor Hespenheide, 1982
• Neotrachys bilyi Hespenheide, 1990
• Neotrachys bolivianus (Kerremans, 1897)
• Neotrachys bordoni Cobos, 1978
• Neotrachys caeruleus Hespenheide, 1982
• Neotrachys caracaensis Cobos, 1978
• Neotrachys chiriquiensis Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys concinnus (Fisher, 1922)
• Neotrachys cupeyali (Zayas, 1988)
• Neotrachys cuprascens Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys cyanea (Zayas, 1988)
• Neotrachys dominicanus Théry, 1947
• Neotrachys estebanus (Kerremans, 1896)
• Neotrachys falconensis Cobos, 1978
• Neotrachys fennahi Théry, 1940
• Neotrachys gleicheniae Hespenheide, 1982
• Neotrachys guadeloupensis (Fleutiaux & Salle, 1890)
• Neotrachys hoffmani Fisher, 1930
• Neotrachys jakovlevi Obenberger, 1932
• Neotrachys mariae Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys nelsoni Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys panamaensis (Fisher, 1924)
• Neotrachys refulgens Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys resplendens Hespenheide, 1982
• Neotrachys segregatus (Waterhouse, 1889)
• Neotrachys solisi Hespenheide, 2006
• Neotrachys strandi Obenberger, 1923
• Neotrachys wittmeri Cobos, 1959

References

1. "GBIF, Neotrachys" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Neotrachys Obenberger, 1923" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.
3. Hespenheide, Henry A. (1982). "A Revision of Central American Species of Neotrachys (Buprestidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 36 (2): 328–349. JSTOR   4008076.
4. Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The World of Jewel Beetles" . Retrieved 2025-01-26.

Further reading

• Hespenheide, H. A. (1980). A revision of Antillean Neotrachys (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 53(4) 815–24.
• Hespenheide, H. A. (2006). New species and new records of Neotrachys Obenberger, 1923, from Central America and the Antilles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2) 223–41.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Neotrachys at iNaturalist