''Pseudotaenia'' 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:
* ''
Pseudotaenia ajax''
(Saunders, 1872)
* ''
Pseudotaenia frenchi''
(Blackburn, 1891)
* ''
Pseudotaenia gigas''
(Hope, 1846)
* ''
Pseudotaenia salamandra''
(Thomson, 1879)
* ''
Pseudotaenia spilota''
Carter, 1916
* ''
Pseudotaenia superba''
(Saunders, 1872)
* ''
Pseudotaenia waterhousei''
(van de Poll, 1886)
References
Buprestidae genera
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