Ptosima
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Ptosima 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:
- Ptosima abyssa (Wickham, 1912)
- Ptosima bowringii Waterhouse, 1882
- Ptosima chinensis Marseul, 1867
- Ptosima embrikstrandina Obenberger, 1936
- Ptosima gibbicollis (Say, 1823)
- Ptosima idolynae Frost, 1923
- Ptosima indica Laporte & Gory, 1835
- Ptosima laeta Waterhouse, 1882
- Ptosima schaeffer (Wickham, 1912)
- Ptosima strandi Obenberger, 1924
- Ptosima sylvatica Wickham, 1914
- Ptosima undecimmaculata (Herbst, 1784)
- Ptosima walshii LeConte, 1863