Biology:Taphroceroides

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Taphroceroides
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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. 1.0 1.1 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7684589 entry