Perotis (beetle)
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Perotis 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:
- Perotis aereiventris 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 (Marseul, 1865)