''Megaloxantha'' 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:
* ''
Megaloxantha bicolor
''Megaloxantha bicolor'' is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae.
Description
''Megaloxantha bicolor'' is a huge Buprestid reaching a length of about . The basic colour of these beetles is usually metallic green ...
''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Megaloxantha concolor''
(Kurosawa, 1978)
* ''
Megaloxantha daleni''
(van der Hoeven, 1838)
* ''
Megaloxantha descarpentriesi''
(Kurosawa, 1978)
* ''
Megaloxantha hemixantha''
(Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1864)
* ''
Megaloxantha kiyoshii
''Megaloxantha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megaloxantha bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Megaloxantha concolor'' (Kurosawa, 1978)
* '' Megaloxantha daleni'' (van der Hoeven, 1838)
* ' ...
''
(Endo, 1995)
* ''
Megaloxantha mouhotii
''Megaloxantha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megaloxantha bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Megaloxantha concolor'' (Kurosawa, 1978)
* '' Megaloxantha daleni'' (van der Hoeven, 1838)
* ' ...
''
(Saunders, 1869)
* ''
Megaloxantha netscheri
''Megaloxantha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megaloxantha bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Megaloxantha concolor'' (Kurosawa, 1978)
* '' Megaloxantha daleni'' (van der Hoeven, 1838)
* ' ...
''
(Lansberge, 1879)
* ''
Megaloxantha purpurascens
''Megaloxantha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megaloxantha bicolor
''Megaloxantha bicolor'' is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae.
Description
''Meg ...
''
(Ritsema, 1879)
References
Buprestidae genera
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