Meliboeus

Meliboeus
Meliboeus violaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Meliboeus
Deyrolle, 1864

Meliboeus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are distributed throughout the Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental ecozones. As of 2008, there were 227 species.[1]

Species include:[2]

References

  1. Prokhorov, A. V. (2011). Review of Ukrainian species of the genus Meliboeus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Vestnik zoologii 45(6) 503-11.
  2. Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Meliboeus". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 14 Jun 2011.
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