| Sphenoptera | |
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| Sphenoptera rauca, Morocco | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysochroinae |
| Genus: | Sphenoptera Dejean, 1833 |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Sphenoptera is a genus of Jewel Beetles in the beetle family Buprestidae. There are more than 1,000 described species in Sphenoptera. [1] [2] [3]
The following species belong to the genus Sphenoptera. [3] [2]
Buprestis is a genus of beetles in the tribe Buprestini, the jewel beetles. As of 2011 there were 78 described species distributed across most of the world's biogeographic realms except parts of Africa and Antarctica.
Agrilus is a genus of jewel beetles, notable for having the largest number of species of any single genus in the animal kingdom. Species of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution on all continents except Antarctica, and feed on a wide variety of flowering plant hosts. The best known species is the emerald ash borer, a serious pest of ash trees, with other notable species including Agrilus biguttatus and Agrilus auroguttatus, which are pests of oak trees.
Anthaxia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.
Agrilinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following genera:
Buprestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following genera in the tribes Anthaxiini, Buprestini, Chrysobothrini, Melanophilini, and Xenorhipidini:
Chrysochroinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: the "jewel beetles".
Galbella is an exclusively Old World genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, placed in the monotypic subfamily Galbellinae. It contains the following species:
Polycestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: known as "jewel beetles".
Aphanisticus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Coraebus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Habroloma is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.
Meliboeus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are distributed throughout the Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indomalayan realms. As of 2008, there were 227 species.
Trachys is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Actenodes is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Lamprodila is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Polybothris is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Julodis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.
Acmaeoderella is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Acmaeodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, a group of metallic wood-boring beetles favored by insect collectors. Whereas most beetles including most buprestids fly with their elytra held out and vibrating their hindwings to give lift and thrust, Acmaedodera, however, fly with their hind wings only — the elytra are fused down the center and form a shield over the insect's abdomen, even during flight. This fact, combined with the banding across the abdomen which is common in this family, gives many of them a distinct wasp-like appearance when in flight. Several are therefore considered hymenopteran mimics.
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