''Taphroceroides'' 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. The genus was erected in 2008 for ''T. mimeticus'', a new species from
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. Two other species have since been described from
French Guiana.
Species:
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Taphroceroides curlettii''
Brûlé, 2012[Brûlé, S. (2012). Deux nouvelles espèces de Taphroceroides de Guyane (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ''ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Guyane'' 6 66-70.]
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Taphroceroides guyanensis''
Brûlé, 2012[
*'' Taphroceroides mimeticus'' Hespenheide, 2008][Hespenheide, H. A. (2007)]
A new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Costa Rica.
''Folia Heyrovskyana'' 15(1) 1-6.
References
External links
''Taphroceroides'' Specimens.
Muséum Naturale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
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Buprestidae genera
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