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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Agaeocera Jewel Beetles
Agaeocera (Genus)

-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


Genus Agaeocera is a group of jewel beetles in the family Buprestidae. These beetles are part of the diverse and colourful group of metallic wood-boring beetles known for their iridescent and shiny appearance. Like other members of the Buprestidae family, members of the genus Agaeocera are typically wood-borers during their larval stage, which can cause damage to trees.

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