''Germarica'' 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:
* ''
Germarica blackburni
''Germarica'' is a genus of beetles 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 ...
''
Obenberger, 1923
* ''
Germarica carteri
''Germarica'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
* ''Germarica blackburni
''Germarica'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel be ...
''
Obenberger, 1923
* ''
Germarica lilliputana''
(Thomson, 1879)
Note on the date: Although Blackburn's paper was "read" on 4 October, 1887, the journal in which the paper was contained was not published until 1888.
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia vol 10
/ref> The authority should therefore properly be "Blackburn 1888", as listed i
Nomenclator Zoologicus
References
Buprestidae genera
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