Microcastalia
Microcastalia is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae. There are at least two described species in Microcastalia.[1][2]
| Microcastalia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Microcastalia |
Species
These two species belong to the genus Microcastalia.[2]
- Microcastalia globithorax (Thomson, 1878)
- Microcastalia scintillans (Carter, 1924)
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gollark: Antimemes?
gollark: Glider guns?
gollark: Orbital laser target designators?
gollark: Attack bees?
References
- Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Microcastalia". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 17 Jun 2011.
- "Browse Microcastalia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
Further reading
- Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Pensoft. ISBN 978-9546423177.
- Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- Bellamy, C.L.; Nelson, G.H. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (ed.). Family 41. Buprestidae Leach, 1815. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 98–112. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters Jr., George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". Special Publication, no. 4. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0972608787. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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