The HIPPOMELANINA of North America (north of Mexico)

BUPRESTINAE Leach, 1815
  HIPPOMELANINI Holynski, 1993
     HIPPOMELANINA Holynski, 1993

Genus Hippomelas Laporte & Gory, 1837
    Buprestis (Hippomelas) Laporte & Gory, 1837: 92
        Type species: Buprestis mexicana Laporte & Gory
martini Nelson, in Nelson & Bellamy 1996: 872 - Arizona
parkeri Nelson, in Nelson & Bellamy 1996: 891 - Arizona
planicauda Casey 1909: 57 - Arizona, New Mexico
sphenicus (LeConte) 1854: 83 (Buprestis) - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
    syn. grossus Casey 1909: 57
    syn. robustus Casey 1909: 57 (ssp. grossus)
    syn. serrulatus Casey 1909: 57

Genus Gyascutus LeConte, 1858
    Gyascutus LeConte, 1858a: 34
        Type species: Chalcophora planicosta LeConte
subgenus Gyascutus LeConte, 1858
allenrolfeae (Verity) 1978: 161 (Hippomelas) - Arizona, California
carolinensis Horn 1883: 288 - Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
    syn. juniperinus Wickham 1905: 167
    syn. obesus Casey 1909: 66
    syn. aeneoviridis Casey 1909:66 (ssp. obesus)
    syn. compactus Casey 1909: 66
    syn. solidus Casey 1909: 66 (ssp. compactus)
    syn. cylindrinus Casey 1909: 67
    syn. debilis Casey 1909: 67
    syn. tenuis Casey 1909: 67
dianae (Helfer) 1954: 117 (Hippomelas) - Arizona, California, Nevada
fulgidus (Barr) 1969: 321 (Hippomelas) - California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon
jeaneae(Nelson) 1988: 279 (Hippomelas) - California
pacificus (Chamberlin) 1938: 446 (Hippomelas) - California
planicosta (LeConte) 1858: 66 (Chalcophora) - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    syn. snowi Casey 1909: 62
    syn. primalicus Casey 1909: 63
    syn. fidelis Casey 1909: 65
    spp. cribriceps Casey 1909: 62 - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
        syn. acutangulus Casey 1909: 63
        syn. amplus Casey 1909: 64
        syn. aerata Casey 1909: 64 (ssp. amplus)
        syn. egregius Casey 1909: 64
        syn. lariversi Barr 1969: 324
    ssp. obliteratus (LeConte) 1858: 66 (Chalcophora) - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
        syn. pistorius Casey 1909: 63

subgenus Stictocera Casey, 1909
    Stictocera Casey, 1909: 69
        Type species: Chalcophora caelata LeConte
caelatus (LeConte) 1858: 67 (Chalcophora) - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
    syn. laticornis Casey 1909: 70
    syn. pollens Casey 1909: 70

Genus Prasinalia Casey, 1909
    Hippomelas (Prasinalia) Casey, 1909: 59
        Type species: Gyascutus cuneatus Horn
cuneata (Horn) 1868: 133 (Gyascutus) - Arizona, California
    syn. angustus (Casey) 1909: 59 (Hippomelas)
    syn. metallicus (Casey) 1909:59 (Hippomelas)
imperialis (Barr) 1969: 326 (Hippomelas) - California

Genus Barrellus Nelson & Bellamy, 1996
    Barrellus Nelson & Bellamy, 1996: 903
        Type species: Hippomelas femoratus Knull
 femoratus (Knull) 1941: 386 (Hippomelas) - California

Genus Nanularia Casey, 1909
    Nanularia Casey, 1909: 172
        Type species: Nanularia cupreofusca Casey
alpina Bellamy 1987: 11 - California
brunneata (Knull) 1947: 210 (Hippomelas) - Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah - photo
californica (Horn) 1875: 147 (Gyascutus) -
cupreofusca Casey 1909: 173 - California
monoensis Bellamy 1987: 13 - California
obrienorum Knull 1971: 242 - California
pygmaea (Knull) 1941: 386 (Hippomelas) - Texas

Genus Ampheremus Fall, 1917
    Ampheremus Fall, 1917: 68
        Type species: Ampheremus cylindricollis Fall
cylindricollis Fall 1917: 69 - Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah - photo
    syn. inyoensis Van Dyke 1942:112 (Nanularia)

Last revisions:
Bellamy, C. L. 1987. A revision of the genera Nanularia and Ampheremus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Contributions in Science,
    Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 387:1-20.
Nelson, G. H. & C. L. Bellamy. 1996. A revision of the subtribe Hippomelanina: Hippomelas Laporte and Gory, Prasinalia Casey,
    Gyascutus (Stictocera) Casey, and Barrellus, gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of Natural History 30:861-911.
Nelson, G. H. 2000. A revision of the subtribe Hippomelanina, part II: Gyascutus (Gyascutus) LeConte (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).
    Journal of Natural History 34:2251-2292.