Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Elateriformia > Superfamily Buprestoidea > Family Buprestidae > Subfamily Buprestinae > Tribe Melanophilini > Genus Melanophila

Melanophila acuminata (De Geer, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanophila*	Eschscholtz, 1829	accepted genus name
*Apatura*	Laporte & Gory, 1837	generic synonym
*Diana*	Laporte & Gory, 1837	generic synonym
*Eudiana*	Leraut, 1983	generic synonym
*Oxypteris*	Kirby, 1837	generic synonym

Species group names

*Buprestis acuminata*	De Geer, 1774	objective synonym
*Apatura rugata*	LeConte, 1857	subjective synonym
*Buprestis acuta*	Gmelin, 1788	subjective synonym
*Buprestis appendiculata*	Fabricius, 1794	subjective synonym
*Buprestis longipes*	Say, 1823	subjective synonym
*Buprestis morio*	Paykull, 1799	subjective synonym
*Melanophila anthaxoides*	Marquet, 1876	subjective synonym
*Melanophila appendiculata*	Laporte & Gory, 1837	subjective synonym
*Melanophila assimilis*	LeConte, 1850	subjective synonym
*Melanophila immaculata*	Mannerheim, 1837	subjective synonym
*Melanophila obscurata*	Lewis, 1893	subjective synonym
*Melanophila opaca*	LeConte, 1859	subjective synonym
*Melanophila pecchiolii*	Laporte & Gory, 1839	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: sotsvart praktbagge

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

& Bily, Dr Svatopluk Kuban, Dr Vitezslav. Melanophila acuminata (De Geer, 1774). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=101852