Melanophilini

Bedel, 1921

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Melanophilini is a tribe of metallic wood-boring beetles ( Buprestidae) containing at least 4 and approximately 20 described . The tribe is characterized by its placement within the Chrysobothrioid lineage and is distinguished from related tribes by morphological features of the . The genus Phaenops, one of the more diverse genera in the tribe, includes species associated with coniferous trees.

Melanophila acuminata by AG Prof. Schmitz. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.5 license.Melanophila acuminata (De Geer, 1774) (23201868195) by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.Reitter-1911-plate118 by Edmund Reitter
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