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Paratassa is a genus of beetle

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:

Paratassa acuminata Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa aegyptiaca Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa agadeziaca Bily, 2004
Paratassa arabica Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa aurulenta Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa coraebiformis (Fairmaire, 1875)
Paratassa medioatlassica Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa meridionalis Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa occidentalis Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa orientalis Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996
Paratassa ringenbachi LIberto & Gigli, 2005
Paratassa tunesiaca Bily & Volkovitsh, 1996

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