Melanophilini is a tribe of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Melanophilini.[1][2][3]
| Melanophilini | |
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| Melanophila acuminata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Buprestinae |
| Tribe: | Melanophilini Bedel, 1921 |
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Genera edit
- Juniperella Knull, 1947
- Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829
- Phaenops Dejean, 1833
- Xenomelanophila Sloop, 1937
References edit
- ^ "Melanophilini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Melanophilini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Melanophilini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). "A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea)". Pensoft Series Faunistica. 1–5 (76–80).
- Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters, George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication.
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