''Atacamita'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Atacamita arriagadai''
Moore, 2001
* ''
Atacamita biimpressa''
(Philippi & Philippi, 1860)
* ''
Atacamita chiliensis''
(Laporte & Gory, 1835)
References
Buprestidae genera
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