Leiopleura

Leiopleura er en slekt av biller som hører til familien praktbiller (Buprestidae).

Utseende 
Små (2-3 millimeter), bredt ovale til nærmest sekskantede, svarte, mer eller mindre metallisk skinnende praktbiller. Kroppen er gjerne delvis kledt med metalliske skjell.

Levevis 
Disse bittesmå praktbillene minerer i blader, og skilelr seg dermed fra de fleste andre praktbiller som er knyttet til ved.

Utbredelse 
Slekten er utbredt i Sør- og Mellom-Amerika. I Nord-Amerika forekommer arten Leiopleura otero i Florida.

Systematisk inndeling 

Inndelingen følger 

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
 Underordenen Polyphaga
 Overfamilien praktbiller, Buprestoidea
 Familien praktbiller, Buprestidae
 Underfamilien greinpraktbiller, Agrilinae Lacordaire, 1857
 Stammen Trachydini Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
 Understammen Leiopleurina Holynski, 1993
 Slekten Leiopleura Deyrolle, 1864 - 150 arter

Liste over artene 
 Leiopleura achardi Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura aenea Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura aeneifrons Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura aerata (Kirsch, 1873)
 Leiopleura amica Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura ana Thomson, 1878
 Leiopleura anniae Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura aphrodyte Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura argentina Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura artemis Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura attenuata Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura balachowskyi Descarpentries, 1970
 Leiopleura balloui Fisher, 1938
 Leiopleura basalis Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura beltii Waterhouse, 1897
 Leiopleura bicolor Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura binderi Obenberger, 1924
 Leiopleura boliviana Fisher, 1925
 Leiopleura brasiliensis Kerremans, 1903
 Leiopleura bruchiana Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura buscki Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura cantareirae Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura capitata (Fabricius, 1801)
 Leiopleura carbonata (LeConte, 1860)
 Leiopleura catharinae Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura cayennarum Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura cincta Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura clara Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura claveri Kerremans, 1900
 Leiopleura coeruleicollis Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura collaris Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura colorata Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura communis Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura compactilis Chevrolat, 1867
 Leiopleura concinna (Gory, 1841)
 Leiopleura contigua Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura convexa Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura corax Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura corumbae Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura costaricana Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura crassa Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura cuprascens Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura cupriceps Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura cupricollis Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura cyaneifrons Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura cyanura Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura darlingtoni Fisher, 1940
 Leiopleura dilatata Obenberger, 1924
 Leiopleura distincta Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura dives Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura divina Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura divisa Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura dorsalis Thomson, 1879
 Leiopleura dubia Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura elongata Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura fallax Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura fisherella Obenberger, 1934
 Leiopleura fisheri (Obenberger, 1932)
 Leiopleura gemma Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura gibbipennis (Fisher, 1940)
 Leiopleura gibbosa Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura gorai Fisher, 1925
 Leiopleura goryi (Thomson, 1878)
 Leiopleura grandis Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura guyanensis Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura hansi Obenberger, 1924
 Leiopleura hera Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura hypocrita Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura inaequalis Kerremans, 1894
 Leiopleura inca Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura incerta Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura inornata (Kirsch, 1873)
 Leiopleura intermedia Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura interrupta Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura iunctiseta Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura iviei Hespenheide & Bellamy, 2004
 Leiopleura jakobsoni Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura jakovlevi Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura klapaleki Obenberger, 1924
 Leiopleura klickai Obenberger, 1937
 Leiopleura lata Kerremans, 1894
 Leiopleura lateralis Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura leprosa Obenberger, 1924
 Leiopleura levis Kerremans, 1894
 Leiopleura limae Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura loretana Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura luederwaldti Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura melaena Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura melichari (Obenberger, 1922)
 Leiopleura mexicana Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura minuta Kerremans, 1894
 Leiopleura modesta Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura moerens Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura mrazi Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura mutabilis Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura nickerli Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura nigra Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura nigrita (Gory, 1841)
 Leiopleura nigrocoerulea Obenberger, 1917
 Leiopleura nitidicollis Kerremans, 1894
 Leiopleura nobilis (Kirsch, 1873)
 Leiopleura ogloblini Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura opacipennis Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura otero (Fisher, 1935) - Florida
 Leiopleura ovata Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura pacifica Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura pallidicollis Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura paraguayensis Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura parallela (Kerremans, 1899)
 Leiopleura parvula Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura peruviae Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura peruviana Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura picea Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura plagidorsis (Obenberger, 1932)
 Leiopleura polita Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura puella Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura pulchra Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura puncticeps Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura purpureipennis Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura pygmaea Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura rosae Bellamy, 1998
 Leiopleura rotundata Kerremans, 1897
 Leiopleura rugosa (Fabricius, 1801)
 Leiopleura santaecrucis Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura satanella Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura schroederi Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura semenovi (Obenberger, 1932)
 Leiopleura similis Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura simillima Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura socialis Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura soror Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura splendida (Fisher, 1922)
 Leiopleura srogli Obenberger, 1924
 Leiopleura steinbachi Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura strandi Obenberger, 1936
 Leiopleura subcircularis Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura subopaca Fisher, 1922
 Leiopleura tabaci Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura taciturna Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura tristicula Obenberger, 1937
 Leiopleura tristis (Kirsch, 1873)
 Leiopleura trivialis Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura trochilus Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura tuberculipennis Cobos, 1978
 Leiopleura unicolor Kerremans, 1896
 Leiopleura uvarovi (Obenberger, 1932)
 Leiopleura vanrooni Obenberger, 1923
 Leiopleura vavrai Obenberger, 1922
 Leiopleura venusta Waterhouse, 1889
 Leiopleura venustula (Gory, 1841)
 Leiopleura viridiceps Kerremans, 1899
 Leiopleura viridicollis (Gory, 1841)
 Leiopleura viridifrons Waterhouse, 1889

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 
 Bilde av Leiopleura anniae
 Bilder av flere ubestemte arter fra Colombia
 bugguide.net, bildegalleri over nordamerikanske arter

Praktbiller
Dyr formelt beskrevet i 1864