-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

-Superfamily Buprestoidea

-Jewel Beetles Family (Buprestidae)

-Subfamily Buprestinae

-Tribe Buprestini

-Genus Agaeocera

-Agaeocera gigas

Agaeocera gigas is found in tropical regions of the Americas, including Mexico, where it inhabits forests and wooded areas. Adults are often associated with sunlit vegetation, where they may feed on plant material such as leaves or possibly visit flowers. Their metallic coloration may help with camouflage among reflective foliage or act as a form of predator deterrence. The larvae, like those of other jewel beetles, are wood-borers or stem-borers, living within plant tissues where they feed and develop. These larvae are typically flattened and pale, adapted for tunneling inside wood or stems.