''Chalcophora'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the lar ...
, containing the following living species:
* ''
Chalcophora alternans''
(Abeille de Perrin, 1904)
* ''
Chalcophora anachoreta''
Szallies, 1991
* ''
Chalcophora angulicollis''
(LeConte, 1857)
* ''
Chalcophora brasiliensis''
Obenberger, 1928
* ''
Chalcophora detrita''
(Klug, 1829)
* ''
Chalcophora fortis''
LeConte, 1860
* ''
Chalcophora georgiana''
(LeConte, 1857)
* ''
Chalcophora hondurasica''
Casey, 1909
* ''
Chalcophora humboldti''
(Laporte & Gory, 1836)
* ''
Chalcophora intermedia''
(Rey, 1890)
* ''
Chalcophora japonica
''Chalcophora japonica'', or ''ubatamamushi'' in Japanese (Japanese kanji: , katakana: ; lit. 'nanny jewel bug'), also known as the flat-headed wood-borer, is a metallic, bullet-shaped, woodboring beetle of the Buprestidae family. It is endemic t ...
''
(Gory, 1840)
* ''
Chalcophora laevigata''
Heer, 1862
* ''
Chalcophora liberta''
(Germar, 1824)
* ''
Chalcophora mariana''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Chalcophora massiliensis''
(Villers, 1789)
* ''
Chalcophora maura''
Espanol, 1933
* ''
Chalcophora mexicana''
Waterhouse, 1882
* ''
Chalcophora pulchella''
Heer, 1862
* ''
Chalcophora virginiensis''
(Drury, 1770)
* ''
Chalcophora yunnana''
Fairmaire, 1888
References
Buprestidae genera
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