Hippomelas: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Hippomelas
Species
Scientific Name: Hippomelas

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hippomelas

Hippomelas is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:

Hippomelas aeneocupreus Kerremans, 1919
Hippomelas brevipes Casey, 1909
Hippomelas martini Nelson, 1996
Hippomelas mexicanus (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Hippomelas parkeri Nelson, 1996
Hippomelas planicauda Casey, 1909
Hippomelas saginatus (Mannerheim, 1837)
Hippomelas sphenicus (LeConte, 1854)

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