Ankareus
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Ankareus is a genus of beetle
s in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
- Ankareus aeneus Kerremans, 1894
- Ankareus afer (Holynski, 1993)
- Ankareus alluaudi Kerremans, 1914
- Ankareus ashanti (Holynski, 1993)
- Ankareus capensis Bellamy, 1987
- Ankareus ceylonicus (Holynski, 1984)
- Ankareus cyanicollis Kerremans, 1894
- Ankareus felix (Waterhouse, 1896)
- Ankareus gomyi Descarpentries, 1973
- Ankareus indicus (Holynski, 1984)
- Ankareus kenyensis Bellamy, 1991
- Ankareus luciphilus Bílý, Curletti & Van Harten, 2003
- Ankareus mameti Descarpentries, 1973
- Ankareus mascarenicus Lesne, 1918
- Ankareus micrastoides (Théry, 1912)
- Ankareus natalensis Bellamy, 1987
- Ankareus opacus (Théry, 1912)
- Ankareus ruficornis Théry, 1912
- Ankareus rufitarsis (Théry, 1912)
- Ankareus somalicus Bellamy, 1991
- Ankareus subcyaneus Kerremans, 1894
- Ankareus tenebrosus (Fairmaire, 1901)
- Ankareus transvaalensis Bellamy, 1991
- Ankareus tristis (Théry, 1909)
- Ankareus tsavoensis Bellamy, 1991
- Ankareus vinsoni Descarpentries, 1973