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.
Buprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. As of 2011 there were 78 described species distributed across most of the world's ecozones except parts of Africa and Antarctica.
Coraebosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Lumawigia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Philippines.
Pachyschelus is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae. There are at least 270 described species in Pachyschelus.
Paradorella is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Africa.
Philippscelus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Philocoroebus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Philippines.
Planidia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to southern and eastern Africa.
Promeliboeus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Africa. Some species have been observed feeding on the flowers of plants in the aster family. These beetles are a few millimeters long except P. colossus, which can be over a centimeter in length.
Pseudokerremansia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Africa.
Sambomorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
Strandietta is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Afrotropical realm.
Hiperantha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Tetragonoschema is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. There are 17 species in the genus, which is distributed throughout the Americas from Mexico to Patagonia.
Trichinorhipis is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The single species, Trichinorhipis knulli, is endemic to California in the United States, where it has been collected from Riverside and Imperial Counties.
Xenorhipis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas.
Zulubuprestis is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The sole species is Zulubuprestis reliquia. It is known only from South Africa.
Agelia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Metataenia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
