''Nipponobuprestis'' 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 borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
.
This genus was established by
Jan Obenberger in 1942, but the
type species was not identified until Toyama did so in 1986.
[Bellamy, C.L]
"Nomenclatural Notes and Corrections in Buprestidae (Coleoptera)"
''The Pan-Pacific Entomologist'', vol. 81, p. 145 (2005). This genus contains the following species:
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Nipponobuprestis amabilis
''Nipponobuprestis'' 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 fla ...
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(Snellen von Vollenhoven, 1864)
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Nipponobuprestis bilyi
''Nipponobuprestis'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae. This genus was established by Jan Obenberger in 1942, but the type species was not identified until Toyama did so in 1986.Bellamy, C.L"Nomenclatural Notes and Corrections ...
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Peng, 1995
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Nipponobuprestis orientalis
''Nipponobuprestis'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae. This genus was established by Jan Obenberger in 1942, but the type species was not identified until Toyama did so in 1986.Bellamy, C.L"Nomenclatural Notes and Corrections ...
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Peng, 1995
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Nipponobuprestis guangxiensis
''Nipponobuprestis'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae. This genus was established by Jan Obenberger in 1942, but the type species was not identified until Toyama did so in 1986.Bellamy, C.L"Nomenclatural Notes and Corrections ...
''
Peng, 1995
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Nipponobuprestis querceti''
(Saunders, 1873)
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Nipponobuprestis rubrocinctus''
Peng, 1995
References
Buprestidae genera
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