Planidia (beetle)

Planidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Planidia
Kerremans, 1899

Planidia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to southern and eastern Africa.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • Planidia elongulata Obenberger, 1922
  • Planidia freudei Jelinek, 1971
  • Planidia hauseri Obenberger, 1931
  • Planidia vansoni Obenberger, 1936
  • Planidia velutina Kerremans, 1899

References

  1. ↑ Jelínek, J. (1971). Revision oft (sic) the genus Planidia Kerremans (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Opuscula Zoologica (Muenchen) 120 1-11.
  2. ↑ Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Planidia". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 14 Jun 2011.


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