Taphroceroides is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The genus was erected in 2008 for T. mimeticus, a new species from Costa Rica. Two other species have since been described from French Guiana.
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| Genus: | Taphroceroides Hespenheide, 2008
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Species:
- Taphroceroides curlettii Brûlé, 2012[1]
- Taphroceroides guyanensis Brûlé, 2012[1]
- Taphroceroides mimeticus Hespenheide, 2008[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Brûlé, S. (2012). Deux nouvelles espèces de Taphroceroides de Guyane (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Guyane 6 66-70.
- ^ Hespenheide, H. A. (2007). A new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Costa Rica. Folia Heyrovskyana 15(1) 1-6.
External links
edit- Taphroceroides Specimens. Muséum Naturale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Taphroceroides". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
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