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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Pachyschelus Jewel Beetles
Pachyschelus (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 Agrilinae

-Tribe Tracheini

-Genus Pachyschelus


Pachyschelus is a genus of jewel beetles in the family Buprestidae, known for their small size and often metallic or iridescent coloration. These beetles are primarily associated with plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), where their larvae develop as leaf miners or wood borers.

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