Micrasta

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Micrasta is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: * Micrasta alvarengai Cobos, 1959 * Micrasta amplithorax Kerremans, 1893 * Micrasta bucki Cobos, 1961 * Micrasta creola Obenberger, 1936 * Micrasta cubensis Fisher, 1930 * Micrasta cyanipennis Kerremans, 1893 * Micrasta fisheri Théry, 1927 * Micrasta gyleki Obenberger, 1917 * Micrasta hispaniolae Fisher, 1940 * Micrasta meligethoides Kerremans, 1893 * Micrasta minuta Kerremans, 1896 * Micrasta monticola Fisher, 1940 * Micrasta negrei Cobos, 1961 * Micrasta oakleyi Fisher, 1935 * Micrasta ornata Fisher, 1935 * Micrasta parallela Kerremans, 1896 * Micrasta peruviana Fisher, 1949 * Micrasta puertoricensis Fisher, 1940 * Micrasta pygmaeola Obenberger, 1917 * Micrasta strandi Obenberger, 1936 * Micrasta subcylindrica Fisher, 1940 * Micrasta typica Kerremans, 1893 * Micrasta uniformis (Waterhouse, 1896) * Micrasta viridis Kerremans, 1896

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