Taphroceroides

Taphroceroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Taphroceroides; Hespenheide, 2008
Species
	3

Taphroceroides is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The genus was erected in 2008 for T. mimeticus, a new species from Costa Rica. Two other species have since been described from French Guiana.

Species:

Taphroceroides curlettii Brûlé, 2012^[1]
Taphroceroides guyanensis Brûlé, 2012^[1]
Taphroceroides mimeticus Hespenheide, 2008^[2]

^ ^a ^b Brûlé, S. (2012). Deux nouvelles espèces de Taphroceroides de Guyane (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Guyane 6 66-70.
^ Hespenheide, H. A. (2007). A new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Costa Rica. Folia Heyrovskyana 15(1) 1-6.

[brule-1] Brûlé, S. (2012). Deux nouvelles espèces de Taphroceroides de Guyane (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Guyane 6 66-70.

[hespen-2] Hespenheide, H. A. (2007). A new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Costa Rica. Folia Heyrovskyana 15(1) 1-6.

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