Taphroceroides
| Taphroceroides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily: | Buprestoidea |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Taphroceroides Hespenheide, 2008 |
| Species | |
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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. Two other species have since been described from French Guiana.
Species:
- Taphroceroides curlettii Brûlé, 2012[1]
- Taphroceroides guyanensis Brûlé, 2012[1]
- Taphroceroides mimeticus Hespenheide, 2008[2]
References
- 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. (2010). "Genus Taphroceroides". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 14 Jun 2011.
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