Melobasis

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Melobasis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: * Melobasis abigailae Hawkeswood & Turner, 2009 * Melobasis abnormis Carter, 1923 * Melobasis adonis (Obenberger, 1938) * Melobasis aenea Kerremans, 1903 * Melobasis aeneipennis Deyrolle, 1864 * Melobasis albertisii Théry, 1923 * Melobasis andersoni Blackburn, 1887 * Melobasis apicalis Macleay, 1872 * Melobasis aruensis Théry, 1923 * Melobasis aurata Deyrolle, 1864 * Melobasis auribasis Fauvel, 1891 * Melobasis auricollis (Kerremans, 1895) * Melobasis aurocincta Carter, 1930 * Melobasis aurocyanea Carter, 1937 * Melobasis austera Théry, 1923 * Melobasis australis (Thomson, 1879) * Melobasis bellula Carter, 1939 * Melobasis bimetallica Carter, 1923 * Melobasis brevicollis (Théry, 1937) * Melobasis browni Carter, 1937 * Melobasis buprestoides (Obenberger, 1922) * Melobasis buruana (Obenberger, 1932) * Melobasis caledonica (Obenberger, 1923) * Melobasis callichloris Kerremans, 1898 * Melobasis candens Obenberger, 1942 * Melobasis caudata Carter, 1923 * Melobasis chrysobothroides Deyrolle, 1864 * Melobasis chrysomelina Théry, 1911 * Melobasis circumflexa Kerremans, 1888 * Melobasis coerulea Kerremans, 1892 * Melobasis conica (Laporte & Gory, 1837) * Melobasis conicicollis Obenberger, 1942 * Melobasis connicki Baudon, 1968 * Melobasis costata Macleay, 1872 * Melobasis costifera Thomson, 1879…

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