page_title: Buprestis
hierarchical_section_title: Buprestis
caption_attribution_description: English: A female beetle of Buprestis octoguttata, ~15 mm long, laying eggs into chinks of dead wood. Deutsch: Ein Weibchen des Achtpunktigen Kiefernprachtkäfers (Buprestis octoguttata), ca. 15 mm lang, legt Eier in Ritzen von besonntem Totholz ab (Sand-Magerrasen- und Kiefernwaldgebiet).
context_page_description: Buprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. As of 2011 there were 78 described species distributed across most of the world's ecozones except parts of Africa and Antarctica.
  Species include:
  Buprestis adjecta
  Buprestis aetnensis Baviera & Sparacio, 2002
  Buprestis alemanica
  Buprestis apicipennis Reitter, 1898
  Buprestis apricans Herbst, 1801
  Buprestis atlas Szallies, 1994
  Buprestis auratostriata
  Buprestis aurora Bellamy, 2011
  Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus, 1767
  Buprestis bergevini Théry, 1911
  Buprestis bertheloti Laporte & Gory, 1837
  Buprestis bilyi Novak & Kubá, 1993
  Buprestis biplagiata Waterhouse, 1882
  Buprestis carabuho Westcott, 1998
  Buprestis catoxantha Gory, 1840
  Buprestis concinna
  Buprestis confluenta Say, 1823
  Buprestis connexa Horn, 1875
  Buprestis consularis Gory, 1841
  Buprestis costipennis
  Buprestis cubensis Fisher, 1925
  Buprestis cupressi Germar, 1817
  Buprestis cuprostriata
  Buprestis dalmatina Mannerheim, 1837
  Buprestis decemspilota Hope, 1831
  Buprestis decipiens Fisher, 1925
  Buprestis decora Fabricius, 1775
  Buprestis deleta
  Buprestis douei Lucas, 1846
  Buprestis dumonti
  Buprestis esakii Kurosawa, 1954
  Buprestis fairmairei Théry, 1911
context_section_description: Buprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. As of 2011 there were 78 described species distributed across most of the world's ecozones except parts of Africa and Antarctica.
  Species include:
  Buprestis adjecta (LeConte, 1854)
  Buprestis aetnensis Baviera & Sparacio, 2002
  Buprestis alemanica (Heer, 1879)
  Buprestis apicipennis Reitter, 1898
  Buprestis apricans Herbst, 1801
  Buprestis atlas Szallies, 1994
  Buprestis auratostriata (Haupt, 1950)
  Buprestis aurora Bellamy, 2011
  Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus, 1767
  Buprestis bergevini Théry, 1911
  Buprestis bertheloti Laporte & Gory, 1837
  Buprestis bilyi Novak & Kubá, 1993
  Buprestis biplagiata Waterhouse, 1882
  Buprestis carabuho Westcott, 1998
  Buprestis catoxantha Gory, 1840
  Buprestis concinna (Heer, 1879)
  Buprestis confluenta Say, 1823
  Buprestis connexa Horn, 1875
  Buprestis consularis Gory, 1841
  Buprestis costipennis (Fairmaire, 1891)
  Buprestis cubensis Fisher, 1925
  Buprestis cupressi Germar, 1817
  Buprestis cuprostriata (Weidlich, 1987)
  Buprestis dalmatina Mannerheim, 1837
  Buprestis decemspilota Hope, 1831
  Buprestis decipiens Fisher, 1925
  Buprestis decora Fabricius, 1775
  Buprestis deleta (Heer, 1847)
  Buprestis douei Lucas, 1846
  Buprestis dumonti (Théry, 1942)
  Buprestis esakii Kurosawa, 1954
  Buprestis fairmairei Théry, 1911
  Buprestis fasciata Fabricius, 1787
  Buprestis flavoangulata (Fairmaire, 1856)
  Buprestis florissantensis Wickham, 1914
  Buprestis fremontiae Burke, 1924
  Buprestis gibbsii (LeConte, 1857)
  Buprestis gracilis (Heer, 1847)
  Buprestis griseomicans (Haupt, 1950)
  Buprestis guttatipennis Abeille de Perrin, 1900
  Buprestis haardti Théry, 1934
  Buprestis haemorrhoidalis Herbst, 1780
  Buprestis hauboldi (Weidlich, 1987)
  Buprestis hauseri Obenberger, 1928
  Buprestis heydeni (Heer, 1847)
  Buprestis hilaris Klug, 1829
  Buprestis hispaniolae Fisher, 1940
  Buprestis humeralis Klug, 1829
  Buprestis intricata Casey, 1909
  Buprestis kashimirensis Beeson, 1919
  Buprestis kruegeri (Hoscheck, 1929)
  Buprestis kudiensis Cockerell, 1926
  Buprestis laeviventris (LeConte, 1857)
  Buprestis langii Mannerheim, 1843
  Buprestis lebisi Descarpentries, 1956
  Buprestis lineata Fabricius, 1781
  Buprestis lyrata Casey, 1909
  Buprestis maculativentris Say, 1825
  Buprestis maculipennis Gory, 1841
  Buprestis magica Laporte & Gory, 1837
  Buprestis margineaurata Weidlich, 1987
  Buprestis maura Olivier, 1790
  Buprestis megistrache Cockerell, 1926
  Buprestis metallescens Abeille de Perrin, 1891
  Buprestis meyeri Heyden, 1858
  Buprestis mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969
  Buprestis novemmaculata Linnaeus, 1767
  Buprestis nutalli Kirby, 1837
  Buprestis octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758
  Buprestis panamensis Théry, 1923
  Buprestis parmaculativentris Knull, 1958
  Buprestis picta Waterhouse, 1882
  Buprestis piliventris Waterhouse, 1882
  Buprestis pongraczi Weidlich, 1987
  Buprestis pristina (Heyden, 1862)
  Buprestis prospera Casey, 1909
  Buprestis redempta (Heyden, 1859)
  Buprestis rufipes Olivier, 1790
  Buprestis rustica Linnaeus, 1758
  Buprestis rusticana (Heer, 1847)
  Buprestis salisburyensis Herbst, 1801
  Buprestis salomonii (Thomson, 1878)
  Buprestis samanthae (Hattori & Tanaka, 2007)
  Buprestis sanguinea Fabricius, 1798
  Buprestis saxigena Scudder, 1879
  Buprestis scudderi Wickham, 1914
  Buprestis senecta Heyden, 1858
  Buprestis seorsus (Haupt, 1950)
  Buprestis sepulta Scudder, 1879
  Buprestis seyfriedi (Heer, 1847)
  Buprestis splendens Fabricius, 1775
  Buprestis sterbai Obenberger, 1943
  Buprestis striata Fabricius, 1775
  Buprestis strigosa Gebler, 1830
  Buprestis subornata (LeConte, 1860)
  Buprestis sulcicollis (LeConte, 1860)
  Buprestis tertiaria Scudder, 1879
  Buprestis tincta (Heer, 1862)
  Buprestis tradita Heyden, 1859
  Buprestis transversepicta Kerremans, 1897
  Buprestis ventralis Waterhouse, 1882
  Buprestis viridistriatus (Haupt, 1950)
  Buprestis viridisuturalis Nicolay & Weiss, 1918
  Buprestis zayasi Fisher, 1953
caption: Buprestis octoguttata
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