Brachys

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

Utseende 
Små, ganske mørke praktbiller med varierende glans. Noen arter er metallisk skinnende. Kroppsformen varierer noe, men er oftest forholdsvis bred. Kroppen har gjerne mønstre dannet av korte, nedlligende, virveldannende lyse hår.

Utbredelse 
Slekten er utbredt i Nord-, Mellom- og Sør-Amerika.  11 av artene forekommer i Nord-Amerika.

Systematisk inndeling 
Inndelingen følger The World of Jewel Beetles

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
 Underordenen Polyphaga
 Overfamilien praktbiller, Buprestoidea
 Familien praktbiller, Buprestidae
 Underfamilien greinpraktbiller, Agrilinae Lacordaire, 1857
 Stammen Trachydini Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
 Understammen Brachydina Cobos, 1979
 Slekten Brachys Dejean, 1833 - ca. 140 arter

Liste over artene 
 Brachys acutus Kerremans, 1903
 Brachys aequinoctialis Gory, 1841
 Brachys aerosus Melsheimer, 1845
 Brachys aeruginosus Gory, 1841
 Brachys alboundulatus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys amazonicus Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys amphissus Obenberger, 1941
 Brachys anthrenoides Waterhouse, 1889
 Brachys apachei Knull, 1952
 Brachys apicillus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys assimilatus Obenberger, 1922
 Brachys aurulans Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys barberi Fisher, 1924
 Brachys bellus Fisher, 1922
 Brachys bolivianus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys bruchi Kerremans, 1903
 Brachys cantareirae Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys capitatus Obenberger, 1934
 Brachys carinellus Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys carinicollis Kirsch, 1873
 Brachys catharinae Obenberger, 1917
 Brachys cayennensis Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys cephalicus Schaeffer, 1909
 Brachys coelestis Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys coeruleifrons Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys confusus Fisher, 1922
 Brachys cordieri Obenberger, 1924
 Brachys crassiceps Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys cuprifrons Fisher, 1922
 Brachys cuprinus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys cyaneoniger Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys cyanicollis Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys danae Obenberger, 1941
 Brachys delicatulus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys deliciosus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys depressus Kerremans, 1903
 Brachys dimidiatus Waterhouse, 1889
 Brachys distinctus Waterhouse, 1889
 Brachys elegans Fisher, 1922
 Brachys exquisitus Hespenheide in Westcott, et al., 2008
 Brachys fasciatus Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys fasciferus Schwarz, 1878
 Brachys festivus Kerremans, 1899
 Brachys fleischeri Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys floccosus Mannerheim, 1837
 Brachys floricolus Kerremans, 1900
 Brachys fluviatillis Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys frontalis Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys fulgidus Fisher, 1922
 Brachys fulvus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys gebhardti Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys glabromaculatus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys gounellei Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys granulicollis Obenberger, 1941
 Brachys gregori Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys guatemalensis Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys guttulatus Mannerheim, 1837
 Brachys hexagonalis Dugès, 1891
 Brachys hintoni Fisher, 1933
 Brachys hofferi Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys humeralis Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys imperatrix Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys incolus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys ineditus Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys ingae Kogan, 1964
 Brachys insignis Kerremans, 1899
 Brachys intervallorum Hespenheide, 1990
 Brachys jakobsoni Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys jalapae Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys kleinei Obenberger, 1939
 Brachys kratochvili Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys laetus Waterhouse, 1889
 Brachys latipennis Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys lebasii Gory & Laporte, 1840
 Brachys lineatus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys lineifrons Fisher, 1933
 Brachys lineiger Kerremans, 1899
 Brachys luteosignatus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys marialicae Cazier, 1951
 Brachys marmoreus Kerremans, 1903
 Brachys mirabilis Kerremans, 1899
 Brachys mositanus Fisher, 1925
 Brachys mrazi Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys mutabilis Gory, 1841
 Brachys nevermanni Fisher, 1929
 Brachys nigricans Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys nigrofasciatus Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys nigroviridis Fisher, 1922
 Brachys nodifer Kerremans, 1903
 Brachys nodosus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys obscurus Gory, 1841
 Brachys occidentalis Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys ornatus Fisher, 1922
 Brachys ovatus (Weber, 1801)
 Brachys palaeno Obenberger, 1941
 Brachys paraguayensis Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys paulensis Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys pauligenus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys pedicularius Gory, 1841
 Brachys pictus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys pilosus Fisher, 1922
 Brachys planticolus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys planus Gory, 1841
 Brachys pretiosus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys pulverosus Waterhouse, 1889
 Brachys purpuratus Kerremans, 1897
 Brachys pusillus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys querci Knull, 1952
 Brachys regularis Thomson, 1878
 Brachys robustus Hespenheide, 1990
 Brachys roseifasciatus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys rudis Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys rugosulus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys sanctus Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys scapulosus Chevrolat, 1838
 Brachys schmidti Obenberger, 1939
 Brachys scintillus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys simiolus Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys simoni Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys simplex Waterhouse, 1889
 Brachys speculiferus Obenberger, 1941
 Brachys strandi Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys suavis Kerremans, 1900
 Brachys taciturnus Kerremans, 1900
 Brachys takanus Fisher, 1925
 Brachys tesselatus (Fabricius, 1801)
 Brachys thomae Fisher, 1925
 Brachys tovaricus Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys transversus Kerremans, 1899
 Brachys triangularis Thomson, 1879
 Brachys tricinctus (Fabricius, 1801)
 Brachys tuberculifer Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys valkai Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys varicolor Gory & Laporte, 1840
 Brachys vicinus Kerremans, 1903
 Brachys virgo Obenberger, 1941
 Brachys viridans Kerremans, 1896
 Brachys zavadili Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys zavreli Obenberger, 1937
 Brachys zeteki Fisher, 1933
 Brachys zikani Obenberger, 1923
 Brachys zonalis Kerremans, 1897

Referanser

Kilder 
 Liste over artene

Eksterne lenker 
 
 bugguide.net - Bildegalleri over nordamerikanske arter
 Bilde av Brachys sp. fra Fransk Guyana
 Bilde av Brachys sp. fra Florida

Praktbiller
Biller formelt beskrevet i 1833
Dyr formelt beskrevet av Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean