Paracephala

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: Agrilinae
Tribus: Coraebini
Subtribus: Clemina
Genus: Paracephala

Species: P. aenea – P. borea – P. deserta – P. hesperia – P. murina – P. occidentalis – P. pistacina
Name

Paracephala Saunders, 1868
Type species: Agrilus pistacinus Hope, 1846 — fixed by monotypy (=Paracephala pistacina).

Paracephala is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia. They are black to purplish in color and are associated with grasses.[1]

Species include:[2]

Paracephala aenea Blackburn, 1891
Paracephala borea Bellamy, 1988
Paracephala deserta Bellamy, 1988
Paracephala hesperia Bellamy, 1988
Paracephala murina Thomson, 1878
Paracephala occidentalis (Macleay, 1888)
Paracephala pistacina (Hope, 1846)

References

Hawkeswood, T. J. (2006). review of the biology of the Australian genus Paracephala Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 8 1-2.
Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus: Paracephala". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.