Megaloxantha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Chrysochroinae
Tribus: Chrysochroini
Subtribus: Chrysochroina
Genus: Megaloxantha
Species: M. bicolor – M. concolor – M. daleni – M. descarpentriesi – M. hemixantha – M. kiyoshii – M. mouhotii – M. netscheri – M. nigricornis – M. purpurascens
Name

Megaloxantha Kerremans, 1902
Type species: Buprestis bicolor Fabricius, 1778 — fixed by subsequent designation: Kurosawa, 1978.

Synonyms

Catoxantha Dejean, 1833 — preocc. by Catoxantha Solier, 1833.
Type species: Catoxantha boisduvalii Dejean, 1833 — fixed by subsequent designation: Kurosawa, 1993.
Chrysochroa (Megaloxantha) Kerremans, 1902

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Megaloxantha bicolor, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)

References
Links

Genus: Megaloxantha. coleopsoc.org

Megaloxantha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:[1]

Megaloxantha bicolor (Fabricius, 1775)
Megaloxantha concolor (Kurosawa, 1978)
Megaloxantha daleni (van der Hoeven, 1838)
Megaloxantha descarpentriesi (Kurosawa, 1978)
Megaloxantha hemixantha (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1864)
Megaloxantha kiyoshii (Endo, 1995)
Megaloxantha mouhotii (Saunders, 1869)
Megaloxantha netscheri (Lansberge, 1879)
Megaloxantha purpurascens (Ritsema, 1879)

References

Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus: Megaloxantha". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 22 Jun 2011.