| Taphroceroides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Taphroceroides Hespenheide, 2008 |
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. Four other species have since been described from French Guiana and the Neotropics.
Species:[1]
- Taphroceroides brasiliensis Migliore, Biffi & Curletti, 2020
- Taphroceroides brunneus Migliore, Biffi & Curletti, 2020
- Taphroceroides curlettii Brûlé, 2012[2]
- Taphroceroides guyanensis Brûlé, 2012[2]
- Taphroceroides mimeticus Hespenheide, 2008[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
gbifwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.