Genus MELOBASIS Laporte & Gory 1837 [Biogeographical Regions AUS ORI ]
Abrobapta Dejean 1833:80 (Unavailable name, cited without description, definition or indication (ICZN 1999 Article 12.1)).
Buprestis (Melobasis) Laporte & Gory 1837:118.
    Type species: Buprestis cupriceps Kirby 1818 (fixed by subsequent designation: Bellamy 1998d:11).
Melobasis: Lacordaire 1857:47.
Briseis Saunders 1871:44.
    Type species: Buprestis conica Laporte & Gory 1837 (fixed by monotypy).
Melobasis (Briseis): Carter 1929c:283.
Diceropygus Deyrolle 1864:68.
    Type species: Diceropygus scutellaris Deyrolle 1864 (fixed by subsequent designation: Bellamy 1998d:12).
Melobasis (Diceropygus): Théry 1923c:51.
Montrouzieria Obenberger 1923a:17 (preocc. by Montrouziera Bigot 1860).
    Type species: Montrouzieria caledonica Obenberger 1923 (fixed by original designation).
Montrouzieretta Obenberger 1924a:19 (nom. nov. for Montrouzieria Obenberger 1923).
    Type species: as for Montrouzieria Obenberger 1923.
Melobasis (Paramelobasis) Théry 1923c:58.
    Type species: Melobasis (Paramelobasis) austera Théry 1923 (fixed by monotypy).

abigailae Hawkeswood & Turner 2009b:206.
abnormis Carter 1923b:83.
        syn. impressa Carter 1936:102.
acutula Levey 2012:26.
adonis (Obenberger) 1938o:123 (Diceropygus). b
aenea Kerremans 1903a:158.
aeneipennis Deyrolle 1864:71.
albertisii Théry 1923c:53.
amoena Levey 2012:27.
andersoni Blackburn 1887:234.
angusta Levey 2012:68.
apicalis Macleay 1872:241.
        syn. suturalis Thomson 1879a:17.
aruensis Théry 1923c:65. b
aurata Deyrolle 1864:72.
auribasis Fauvel 1891:178.
auricollis (Kerremans) 1895a:358 (Diceropygus).
aurocincta Carter 1930a:179.
aurocyanea Carter 1937:123.
austera Théry 1923c:58.
australis (Thomson) 1879a:15 (Diceropygus).
bellula Carter 1939:298.
brevicollis (Théry) 1937i:42 (Diceropygus).
brevis Levey 2012:29.
brittoni Levey 2012:30.
browni Carter 1937:124.
buprestoides (Obenberger) 1922b:94 (Briseis). b
burnsi Levey 2012:31.
buruana (Obenberger) 1932m:368 (Diceropygus). b
caledonica (Obenberger) 1923a:18 (Montrouzieria). b
callichloris Kerremans 1898b:125.
candens Obenberger 1942e:103.
caudata Carter 1923b:96.
chrysobothroides Deyrolle 1864:70.
chrysomelina Théry 1911a:21.
circumflexa Kerremans 1888b:lx.
coerulea Kerremans 1892e:1000.
conica (Laporte & Gory) 1837:118 (Buprestis).
        syn. acuminata (Kerremans) 1898b:129 (Briseis).
        syn. sagitta (Obenberger) 1924g:68 (Briseis). b
conicicollis Obenberger 1942e:101.
connicki Baudon 1968:6.
costata Macleay 1872:240.
costifera Thomson 1879a:16.
        syn. costata Saunders 1876b:155.
        syn. saundersi Masters 1886:74.
cupreoaenea Fairmaire 1878c:286.
cupreovittata Saunders 1876b:155.
        syn. obsoleta Thomson 1879a:15.
        syn. vittigera Thomson 1879a:16.
cupriceps (Kirby) 1818b:457 (Buprestis).
        syn. viridinitens (Boisduval) 1835:94 (Buprestis).
        syn. iridescens (Laporte & Gory) 1837:121 (Buprestis).
cupricollis Kerremans 1898b:121.
cuprifera (Laporte & Gory) 1837:119 (Buprestis).
        syn. metallifera Saunders 1868a:16.
        syn. goryi Saunders 1871:44.
curta Kerremans 1903a:162.
cyaneipennis Boheman 1858:59.
        syn. azureipennis Macleay 1872:240.
        syn. aureipennis Thomson 1879a:22.
derbyensis Blackburn 1892a:44.
dives Carter 1923b:92.
dividua Levey 2012:33.
dohertyi Théry 1923c:57.
duplexicolor Levey 2012:15.
eichhorni Théry 1923c:61.
elderi Blackburn 1892d:35.
        syn. nigrita Kerremans 1900a:296.
empyria Olliff 1889:83.
epistomalis Obenberger 1942e:99.
eximia Levey 2012:70.
fairmairei Kerremans 1903a:158.
fasciata Carter 1923b:98.
flavoaenea Levey 2012:35.
flexa Levey 2012:36.
formosa Carter 1923b:99.
fulgurans Thomson 1879a:20.
        syn. subfulgurans Thomson 1879a:21.
        syn. placida Thomson 1879a:17.
        syn. intricata Blackburn 1887:243.
        syn. blackburni Kerremans 1892a:104.
        syn. beltanensis Blackburn 1892c:499.
        syn. subcyanea Blackburn 1892e:287.
        syn. coeruleiventris Kerremans 1898b:123.
gloriosa (Laporte & Gory) 1837:123 (Buprestis).
        syn. purpureosignata Thomson 1879a:18.
        syn. thomsoni Blackburn 1890a:146.
        syn. pulchra Blackburn 1891b:294.
        syn. cuprina Kerremans 1898b:122.
        syn. bimetallica Carter 1923b:88.
    ssp. cruentata Thomson 1879a:21.
        syn. puncticollis Blackburn 1887:239.
goerlingi Levey 2012:39.
gratiosissima Thomson 1879a:18.
        syn. speciosa Blackburn 1887:245.
        syn. amabilis Kerremans 1898b:128.
        syn. aurora Obenberger 1942e:103.
        syn. amorosa Obenberger 1942e:104.
        syn. amabilior Obenberger 1942e:104.
hanloni Levey 2012:41.
hesperica (Pochon) 1967d:280 (Briseis).
hoscheki (Obenberger) 1916c:18 (Diceropygus).
hypocrita Erichson 1842:135.
        syn. acuta Kerremans 1900a:296.
igniceps Saunders 1876b:156.
ignipicta Kerremans 1900a:297.
illidgei Carter 1923b:90.
incerta Kerremans 1892f:1002.
innocua Thomson 1879a:20.
insularis (Théry) 1923c:69 (Briseis).
interstitialis Blackburn 1900b:130.
        syn. costata Thomson 1879a:16.
intricata Deyrolle 1864:70.
        syn. ignicauda Kerremans 1892f:1002.
iridicolor Carter 1923b:93.
jacquelinae Turner & Hawkeswood 2003:16.
jakowleffi Kerremans 1903a:158.
janae Levey 2012:42.
kanguluorum Levey 2012:19.
kaszabi (Pochon) 1967d:279 (Briseis).
kietana Obenberger 1938i:82. b
knowlesi Levey 2012:42.
lathami (Laporte & Gory) 1837:120 (Buprestis).
        syn. rubromarginata Saunders 1876b:156.
        syn. laeta Saunders 1876b:156.
        syn. soror Blackburn 1887:237.
        syn. bicolor Blackburn 1891b:295.
        syn. costipennis Kerremans 1898b:124.
latifrons (Kerremans) 1892h:173 (Philanthaxia).
lauta Macleay 1888:1228.
lixi Théry 1923c:60.
lugubrina Kerremans 1900c:69.
lugubris Théry 1923c:54.
macleayana Obenberger 1930a:432.
        syn. macleayi Carter 1923b:89.
macleayi Kerremans 1892c:105.
        syn. suturalis Macleay 1886:148.
maculata (Deyrolle) 1864:69 (Diceropygus).
        syn. quadritinctus (Obenberger) 1922b:93 (Diceropygus). b
marlooensis Carter 1937:124.
meeki Théry 1923c:63. b
melanura Kerremans 1898b:121.
meyricki Blackburn 1887:238.
modesta Lansberge 1880:cxxxvi.
monticola Blackburn 1892c:496.
myallae Carter 1932:102.
naias Obenberger 1942e:102.
nervosa (Boisduval) 1835:77 (Buprestis).
nickerli (Obenberger) 1938o:123 (Diceropygus). b
nigriventris Obenberger 1942e:100.
nitidiventris Kerremans 1898b:122.
nobilitata Thomson 1879a:22.
novaeguineae Bellamy 2003d:59.
        syn. papuana Obenberger 1938h:80.
nudipectus Levey 2012:47.
obscurata (Obenberger) 1924g:67 (Briseis). b
    ssp. tenebrosa (Obenberger) 1924g:67 (Briseis). b
obscurella Thomson 1879a:19.
        syn. viridiobscura Thomson 1879a:19.
        syn. rotundicollis Blackburn 1887:241.
        syn. violacea Kerremans 1898b:123.
        syn. ignicollis Carter 1923b:72.
        syn. chalcosoma Obenberger 1942e:102.
occidentalis Carter 1923b:95.
oleomaculata (Obenberger) 1938n:120 (Diceropygus). b
paitana Fauvel 1891:179.
parvula Carter 1930a:179.
papuana (Obenberger) 1924g:68 (Briseis). b b
paucipunctata Levey 2012:21.
picticollis Carter 1923b:95.
        syn. signatipennis Obenberger 1942e:102.
powelli Levey 2012:48.
prisca Erichson 1842:135.
        syn. semistriata Blackburn 1887:235.
prolongata (Obenberger) 1922b:93 (Briseis). b
        syn. elongata (Carter) 1923b:102 (Briseis).
prominens Obenberger 1942e:101.
propinqua (Laporte & Gory) 1837:120 (Buprestis).
        syn. goryi Saunders 1871:44.
        syn. prasina Thomson 1879a:17.
    ssp. depressa Levey 2012:57.
    ssp. porteri (Hope) 1846a:63 (Buprestis).
    ssp. verna (Hope) 1846a:63 (Buprestis).
        syn. suaveola (Germar) 1848:176 (Buprestis).
pseudovittata Obenberger 1942e:105.
psilopteroides Théry 1923c:55.
purpurascens (Fabricius) 1801:217 (Buprestis).
        syn. purpureosignata (Laporte & Gory) 1837:6 (Apatura).
        syn. faceta Thomson 1879a:18.
        syn. miranda Kerremans 1898b:128.
        syn. anchoralis Obenberger 1942e:104.
purpuriceps Saunders 1867b:512.
purpurilata Levey 2012:50.
pusilla Carter 1928a:272.
quadrinotata Carter 1923b:84.
quinquemaculata Théry 1923c:52.
radiola Carter 1934b:252.
rectipilosa Levey 2012:61.
regalis Carter 1923b:97.
    ssp. carnabyorum Levey 2012:64.
ribbei Théry 1923c:66.
robusta Carter 1923b:85.
rothei Blackburn 1887:236.
rothschildi Théry 1923c:62.
rouyeri Théry 1911a:21.
scintillans Obenberger 1942e:105.
scutata Fauvel 1891:177.
scutellaris (Deyrolle) 1864:68 (Diceropygus).
semimarginata Obenberger 1942e:103.
septemplagiata Carter 1923b:91.
serrata Montrouzier 1860:251. b
sexplagiata (Laporte & Gory) 1837:124 (Buprestis).
        syn. pyritosa (Hope) 1846a:63 (Buprestis).
        syn. pretiosa Blackburn 1887:244.
        syn. auronotata Kerremans 1898b:127.
similis Levey 2012:75.
simplex (Germar) 1848:175 (Buprestis).
        syn. viridis Saunders 1876b:158.
        syn. obscura Saunders 1876b:158.
        syn. sordida Blackburn 1887:238.
        syn. semisuturalis Blackburn 1887:246.
        syn. viridiventris Kerremans 1898b:124.
        syn. concolor Kerremans 1898b:125.
        syn. vicina Kerremans 1898b:126.
simulata Levey 2012:65.
smaragdifrons (Obenberger) 1922b:93 (Briseis). b
        syn. cuprea (Carter) 1923b:101 (Briseis).
specularis Levey 2012:76.
spinosa Carter 1939:299.
splendida (Donovan) 1805:22 (Buprestis).
stevensi (Théry) 1937i:40 (Diceropygus).
strandi Obenberger 1938k:103. b
subconica Carter 1923b:86.
superba (Laporte & Gory) 1837:123 (Buprestis).
terminata Kerremans 1898b:127.
thoracica Blackburn 1887:246.
timoriensis Théry 1935g:253.
trifasciata (Gory & Laporte) 1837:29 (Chrysobothris). b
tristis (Kerremans) 1900c:70 (Diceropygus).
uniformis Carter 1923b:87.
vanderwieli Obenberger 1938m:111. b
variabilis Lansberge 1880:cxxxvi.
variegata (Théry) 1937i:44 (Diceropygus).
vertebralis Carter 1923b:83.
victoriae Obenberger 1942e:102.
viridiaurata Deyrolle 1864:72.
viridiceps Saunders 1876b:157.
viridicolor (Obenberger) 1930a:437 (Diceropygus).
        syn. viridis (Kerremans) 1900c:70 (Diceropygus).
viridifrons Kerremans 1896a:369.
viridipes Fauvel 1891:178.
viridisterna Carter 1939:299.
vittata Blackburn 1887:242.
        syn. inflammabilis Thomson 1879a:19.
        syn. cupreovittata Thomson 1879a:22.
        syn. viridicollis Kerremans 1898b:127.
        syn. affinis Kerremans 1903a:159.
        syn. incipiens Obenberger 1942e:106.
wannerua Carter 1936:103.
woodlarkianus Théry 1923c:68.