Chalcophora
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Chalcophora 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:
- Chalcophora alternans (Abeille de Perrin, 1904)
- Chalcophora anachoreta Szallies, 1991
- Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte, 1857)
- Chalcophora brasiliensis Obenberger, 1928
- Chalcophora detrita (Klug, 1829)
- Chalcophora fortis LeConte, 1860
- Chalcophora georgiana (LeConte, 1857)
- Chalcophora hondurasica Casey, 1909
- Chalcophora humboldti (Laporte & Gory, 1836)
- Chalcophora intermedia (Rey, 1890)
- Chalcophora japonicaChalcophora japonicaChalcophora japonica, or ubatamamushi in Japanese , also known as the flat-headed wood-borer, is a metallic, bullet-shaped, woodboring beetle of the Buprestidae family. It is endemic to Japan.-Habitat and appearance:This insect is commonly found on the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū...
(Gory, 1840) - Chalcophora laevigata Heer, 1862
- Chalcophora liberta (Germar, 1824)
- Chalcophora mariana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chalcophora massiliensis (Villers, 1789)
- Chalcophora maura Espanol, 1933
- Chalcophora mexicana Waterhouse, 1882
- Chalcophora pulchella Heer, 1862
- Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury, 1770)
- Chalcophora yunnana Fairmaire, 1888