''Paragrilus'' 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 ...
, the jewel beetles.
These beetles are native to the Americas. They are dark in color and not very shiny in texture. At least one group of species in this genus is commonly found on plants of the genus ''
Sida''.
Species include:
* ''Paragrilus abjunctus''
Kerremans, 1903
* ''Paragrilus acuticostis''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus aeneifrons''
Kerremans, 1896
* ''Paragrilus aeneus''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus aeraticollis''
Waterhouse, 1889
* ''Paragrilus akersorum''
Hespenheide, 2002
* ''Paragrilus alutaceidorsis''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus angulaticollis''
Waterhouse, 1889
* ''Paragrilus argentinus''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus azureus''
Hespenheide, 2002
* ''Paragrilus bergi''
Kerremans, 1903
* ''Paragrilus beskei''
(Gory & Laporte, 1837)
* ''Paragrilus bicarinicollis''
Cobos, 1976
* ''Paragrilus bolivianus''
Moore, 1986
* ''Paragrilus bonariensis''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus brasiliensis''
(Gory & Laporte, 1837)
* ''Paragrilus bruchi''
Kerremans, 1903
* ''Paragrilus burkei''
Hespenheide, 2002
* ''Paragrilus cavinus''
Fisher, 1925
* ''Paragrilus coerulans''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus crassus''
Kerremans, 1897
* ''Paragrilus credulus''
Kerremans, 1897
* ''Paragrilus cupricollis''
Cobos, 1976
* ''Paragrilus dormitzeri''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus dubius''
Saunders, 1871
* ''Paragrilus embrikiellus''
Obenberger, 1936
* ''Paragrilus exiguus''
(Chevrolat, 1835)
* ''Paragrilus fallorum''
Hespenheide, 2002
* ''Paragrilus gestroi''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus heliocarpi''
Hespenheide, 2002
* ''Paragrilus holomelas''
Fisher, 1925
* ''Paragrilus ignotus''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus impressus''
(Chevrolat, 1835)
* ''Paragrilus kheili''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus laevicollis''
Waterhouse, 1889
* ''Paragrilus lesueuri''
Waterhouse, 1889
* ''Paragrilus major''
Kerremans, 1897
* ''Paragrilus modicoides''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus modicus''
(Solier, 1833)
* ''Paragrilus moldenkei''
Hespenheide, 2002
* ''Paragrilus mrazi''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus nanulus''
(Mannerheim, 1837)
* ''Paragrilus nickerli''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus nigritus''
Kerremans, 1899
* ''Paragrilus obliquus''
Kerremans, 1903
* ''Paragrilus oculatus''
Cobos, 1976
* ''Paragrilus opacipennis''
Fisher, 1925
* ''Paragrilus paulensis''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus percautus''
(Kerremans, 1903)
* ''Paragrilus peruvianus''
(Gory & Laporte, 1837)
* ''
Paragrilus pulchellus''
Fisher, 1925
* ''Paragrilus punctifrons''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus purpureus''
Fisher, 1925
* ''Paragrilus reichei''
(Gory, 1841)
* ''
Paragrilus rugatulus''
Thomson, 1879
* ''Paragrilus similis''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus strandi''
Obenberger, 1924
* ''Paragrilus sulcicollis''
Kerremans, 1903
* ''
Paragrilus tenuis''
(LeConte, 1863)
* ''Paragrilus transitorius''
Waterhouse, 1889
* ''Paragrilus trifoveolatus''
Waterhouse, 1889
* ''Paragrilus vianai''
Obenberger, 1947
* ''Paragrilus vicinus''
Waterhouse, 1889
References
Buprestidae genera
{{Buprestidae-stub