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Sphenopterini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Sphenopterini was named by Lacordaire (1857). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chrysochroinae by Bellamy (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Sphenopterini Lacordaire p. 68
2008Sphenopterini Bellamy
2011Sphenopterini Bouchard et al. p. 283

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyChrysochroinaeLaporte 1835
tribeSphenopterini
tribeSphenopterini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Sphenopterini Lacordaire 1857
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G. Sphenoptera Dejean 1833 [metallic wood-boring beetle]
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Sphenoptera bogatshevi Richter 1947
Sphenoptera eocaenica Meunier 1921
Sphenoptera gigantea Heer 1847
Sphenoptera knopi von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Sphenoptera lapidaria Brullé 1832
Sphenoptera martynovi Richter 1947
Sphenoptera metallica Meunier 1921
Sphenoptera minuta Meunier 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available