''Katangiella squamivela'' is a species 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 borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
, the only species in the genus ''Katangiella''. It is an African species described in 1988.
References
Monotypic Buprestidae genera
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