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| Genus: | Philocoroebus Bellamy, 1991 |
Philocoroebus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Philippines. [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.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
Species include: [2]
- Philocoroebus adamantinus Bellamy, 1991
- Philocoroebus alius Bellamy, 1991
- Philocoroebus azureipennis (Obenberger, 1934)
- Philocoroebus banahaoensis (Obenberger, 1928)
- Philocoroebus cynaeoviridis (Fisher, 1922)
- Philocoroebus elongatus Bellamy, 1991
- Philocoroebus maquilingensis Bellamy, 1991
- Philocoroebus meliboeiformis (Saunders, 1874)
- Philocoroebus pseudocisseis Bellamy, 1991
- Philocoroebus purpureus Bellamy, 1991
- Philocoroebus samarensis Bellamy, 1991
