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