''Hippomelas'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

, containing the following species: * ''

Hippomelas aeneocupreus ''Hippomelas'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: * ''Hippomelas aeneocupreus'' Kerremans, 1919 * ''Hippomelas brevipes'' Casey, 1909 * ''Hippomelas martini'' Nelson, 1996 * ''Hippomelas mexicanus' ...

'' Kerremans, 1919 * '' Hippomelas brevipes'' Casey, 1909 * '' Hippomelas martini'' Nelson, 1996 * '' Hippomelas mexicanus'' (Laporte & Gory, 1837) * '' Hippomelas parkeri'' Nelson, 1996 * '' Hippomelas planicauda'' Casey, 1909 * '' Hippomelas saginatus'' (Mannerheim, 1837) * '' Hippomelas sphenicus'' (LeConte, 1854)

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Buprestidae genera Buprestidae {{Buprestidae-stub