''Parataenia'' 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 species:
* ''
Parataenia aeneonigra''
Kerremans, 1909
* ''
Parataenia chrysochlora''
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
* ''
Parataenia fairmairei''
Kerremans, 1898
* ''
Parataenia fugax''
Harold, 1878
* ''
Parataenia orbicularis''
Kerremans, 1892
* ''
Parataenia simplicicollis''
Kerremans, 1892
References
Buprestidae genera
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