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| Genus: | Toxoscelus Deyrolle, 1864 |
Toxoscelus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: [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.
- Toxoscelus acutipennis Fisher, 1922
- Toxoscelus amamiensis Kurosawa, 1963
- Toxoscelus auriceps (Saunders, 1873)
- Toxoscelus binodosus Descarpentries & Villiers, 1967
- Toxoscelus borneensis Obenberger, 1935
- Toxoscelus carbonarius Obenberger, 1958
- Toxoscelus centralis Deyrolle, 1864
- Toxoscelus cobosi Baudon, 1968
- Toxoscelus cupreoviridescens Obenberger, 1935
- Toxoscelus disponsae Baudon, 1962
- Toxoscelus eylandtus Bellamy & Peterson, 2000
- Toxoscelus funebris Deyrolle, 1864
- Toxoscelus fuscus Bourgoin, 1923
- Toxoscelus javanicus Obenberger, 1935
- Toxoscelus kurosawai Ohmomo & Akiyama, 1988
- Toxoscelus laosensis Baudon, 1968
- Toxoscelus mandarinus (Obenberger, 1917)
- Toxoscelus matobai Tôyama, 1985
- Toxoscelus miwai Kurosawa, 1977
- Toxoscelus nakajimai Ohmomo, 2002
- Toxoscelus omega Baudon, 1968
- Toxoscelus parvus Obenberger, 1924
- Toxoscelus purpureomicans Kerremans, 1890
- Toxoscelus queenslandicus Bellamy & Peterson, 2000
- Toxoscelus rondoni Baudon, 1968
- Toxoscelus rugicollis Saunders, 1874
- Toxoscelus sacer Obenberger, 1924
- Toxoscelus sasakii Kurosawa, 1957
- Toxoscelus similis Gebhardt, 1928
- Toxoscelus singularis Kerremans, 1900
- Toxoscelus speciosus Fisher, 1930
- Toxoscelus sterbai Obenberger, 1934
- Toxoscelus undatus Deyrolle, 1864
- Toxoscelus vicinus Obenberger, 1935
- Toxoscelus yakushimensis Kurosawa, 1957
- Toxoscelus yokoyamai Kurosawa, 1977
