Melanophilini

uperregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Buprestinae
Tribus: Melanophilini
Melanophilinioid branch
Generic group: Juniperella
Genera: Juniperella

Generic group: Melanophilia
Genera: Melanophila – Phaenops – Trachypteris – Xenomelanophila

Generic group: Merimna
Genera: Merimna

Chrysobothrinioid branch
Genera: Eudiana

Name

Melanophilini Bedel, 1921

References
Links

coleopsoc.org
Subfamily Buprestinae: Tribe MELANOPHILINI Bedel, 1921 (Atlas of jewel beetles of Russia)

Melanophilini is a tribe of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Melanophilini.[1][2][3]
Phaenops drummondi
Genera

Juniperella Knull, 1947
Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829
Phaenops Dejean, 1833
Xenomelanophila Sloop, 1937

References

"Melanophilini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
"Melanophilini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

"Melanophilini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). "A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea)". Pensoft Series Faunistica. 1–5 (76–80).
Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters, George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication.