Melanophilini is a tribe of
metallic wood-boring beetle
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 ...
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 ...
. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Melanophilini.
Genera
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Juniperella''
Knull, 1947
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Melanophila''
Eschscholtz, 1829
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Phaenops
In Greek mythology, the name Phaenops () refers to three characters who are all associated with Troy and the Trojan War:
* Phaenops, father of Xanthus and Thoon, who were slain by Diomedes. He was an old man by the time the Trojan War began, and ...
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Dejean, 1833
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Xenomelanophila''
Sloop, 1937
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Buprestidae
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