Taphroceroides

Taphroceroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Taphroceroides
Hespenheide, 2008
Species

3

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