Taphroceroides

Taphroceroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Taphroceroides ; Hespenheide, 2008

Last updated August 15, 2025

Taphroceroides is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The genus was erected in 2008 for T. mimeticus, a new species from Costa Rica. Four other species have since been described from French Guiana and the Neotropics.

Species:^[1]

Taphroceroides brasiliensis Migliore, Biffi & Curletti, 2020
Taphroceroides brunneus Migliore, Biffi & Curletti, 2020
Taphroceroides curlettii Brûlé, 2012^[2]
Taphroceroides guyanensis Brûlé, 2012^[2]
Taphroceroides mimeticus Hespenheide, 2008^[3]

References

↑ "GBIF, Taphroceroides" . Retrieved 2025-01-19.
1 2 Brûlé, S. (2012). Deux nouvelles espèces de Taphroceroides de Guyane (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Guyane 6 66-70.
↑ Hespenheide, H. A. (2007). A new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Costa Rica. Folia Heyrovskyana 15(1) 1-6.

External links

Taphroceroides Specimens. Muséum Naturale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Taphroceroides". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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[gbif-1] "GBIF, Taphroceroides" . Retrieved 2025-01-19.

[brule-2] 1 2 Brûlé, S. (2012). Deux nouvelles espèces de Taphroceroides de Guyane (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Guyane 6 66-70.

[hespen-3] Hespenheide, H. A. (2007). A new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Costa Rica. Folia Heyrovskyana 15(1) 1-6.

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