Buprestini Explained

Buprestini is a tribe of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae.^{[1] [2]} There are about eight genera in Buprestini.

Subtribes and genera

subtribe Agaeocerina Nelson, 1982^[3]

1. Agaeocera Saunders, 1871
2. Mixochlorus Waterhouse, 1887
3. Peronaemis Waterhouse, 1887

subtribe Buprestina Leach, 1815

1. Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758
2. Eurythyrea Dejean, 1833

subtribe Lamprocheilina Holyński, 1993

1. Lamprocheila Saunders, 1871

subtribe Trachykelina Holyński, 1988

1. Sinokele Bílý, 1989
2. Trachykele Marseul, 1865

References

• "A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico", Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
• Bellamy, C. L., and G. H. Nelson / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. et al., eds. (2002). "Family 41. Buprestidae Leach, 1815". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 98-112.
• Bellamy, C.L. (2008-2009). A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volumes 1-5. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 76-80.
• Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4, iv + 274.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buprestini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-26.
2. Web site: Buprestini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-26.
3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9073/ BioLib.cz