Paragrilus

Paragrilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Paragrilus; Saunders, 1871

Last updated August 15, 2025

Paragrilus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles.

These beetles are native to the Americas. They are dark in color and not very shiny in texture. At least one group of species in this genus is commonly found on plants of the genus Sida .^[1]

Species include:^[2]

Paragrilus abjunctusKerremans, 1903
Paragrilus acuticostisObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus aeneifronsKerremans, 1896
Paragrilus aeneusObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus aeraticollisWaterhouse, 1889
Paragrilus akersorumHespenheide, 2002
Paragrilus alutaceidorsisObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus angulaticollisWaterhouse, 1889
Paragrilus argentinusObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus azureusHespenheide, 2002
Paragrilus bergiKerremans, 1903
Paragrilus beskei(Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Paragrilus bicarinicollisCobos, 1976
Paragrilus bolivianusMoore, 1986
Paragrilus bonariensisObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus brasiliensis(Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Paragrilus bruchiKerremans, 1903
Paragrilus burkeiHespenheide, 2002
Paragrilus cavinusFisher, 1925
Paragrilus coerulansObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus crassusKerremans, 1897
Paragrilus credulusKerremans, 1897
Paragrilus cupricollisCobos, 1976
Paragrilus dormitzeriObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus dubiusSaunders, 1871
Paragrilus embrikiellusObenberger, 1936
Paragrilus exiguus(Chevrolat, 1835)
Paragrilus fallorumHespenheide, 2002
Paragrilus gestroiObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus heliocarpiHespenheide, 2002
Paragrilus holomelasFisher, 1925
Paragrilus ignotusObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus impressus(Chevrolat, 1835)
Paragrilus kheiliObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus laevicollisWaterhouse, 1889
Paragrilus lesueuriWaterhouse, 1889
Paragrilus majorKerremans, 1897
Paragrilus modicoidesObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus modicus(Solier, 1833)
Paragrilus moldenkeiHespenheide, 2002
Paragrilus mraziObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus nanulus(Mannerheim, 1837)
Paragrilus nickerliObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus nigritusKerremans, 1899
Paragrilus obliquusKerremans, 1903
Paragrilus oculatusCobos, 1976
Paragrilus opacipennisFisher, 1925
Paragrilus paulensisObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus percautus(Kerremans, 1903)
Paragrilus peruvianus(Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Paragrilus pulchellus Fisher, 1925
Paragrilus punctifronsObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus purpureusFisher, 1925
Paragrilus reichei(Gory, 1841)
Paragrilus rugatulus Thomson, 1879
Paragrilus similisObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus strandiObenberger, 1924
Paragrilus sulcicollisKerremans, 1903
Paragrilus tenuis (LeConte, 1863)
Paragrilus transitoriusWaterhouse, 1889
Paragrilus trifoveolatusWaterhouse, 1889
Paragrilus vianaiObenberger, 1947
Paragrilus vicinusWaterhouse, 1889

References

↑ Hespenheide, H. A. (2002). A review of North and Central American Paragrilus Saunders, 1871 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Zootaxa 43 1-28.
↑ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Paragrilus". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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[1] Hespenheide, H. A. (2002). A review of North and Central American Paragrilus Saunders, 1871 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Zootaxa 43 1-28.

[2] Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Paragrilus". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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