''Perotis'' 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:
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* '']Perotis aereiventris ''Perotis'' is the name of two genera of organisms:
* ''Perotis'' (beetle), in the family Buprestidae
* ''Perotis'' (plant), in the family Poaceae
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'' Reiche, 1861
* '' Perotis bruckmanni'' Heer, 1862
* '' Perotis chloranus'' (Laporte & Gory, 1836)
* '' Perotis cupratus'' (Klug, 1829)
* '' Perotis hausmanni'' Heyden, 1862
* '' Perotis laevigatus'' Massalogo, 1855
* '' Perotis lavateri'' Heer, 1847
* '' Perotis lugubris'' (Fabricius, 1777)
* '' Perotis margotanus'' (Novak, 1983)
* '' Perotis planidorsis'' Liskenne, 1994
* '' Perotis reditus'' Heyden, 1862
* '' Perotis striatus'' Spinola, 1837
* '' Perotis susannae'' (Novak, 1983)
* '' Perotis unicolor'' (Olivier, 1790)
* ''Perotis xerxes ''Perotis'' is the name of two genera of organisms:
* ''Perotis'' (beetle), in the family Buprestidae
* ''Perotis'' (plant), in the family Poaceae
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'' (Marseul, 1865)
References
Buprestidae genera
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