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Acmaeodera

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

|image=Acmaeodera viridaenea, wyfie, a, Zoutpan.jpg

|image_caption=female A. viridaenea on Grewia flava flower

|taxon=Acmaeodera

|authority=Eschscholtz, 1829

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File:Acmaeodera brooksi Waterhouse, 1904 (3012470617).jpg]]

File:Acmaeodera excellens Klug, 1855 (3182859902) (2).jpg]]

File:Acmaeodera louwi Holm, 1985 (3384554909).jpg]]

File:Acmaeodera signata gaerdesi Descarpentries, 1971 (3628841465).jpg gaerdesi]]

File:Acmaeodera viridaenea (Degeer, 1778) (4141442762).jpg]]

Acmaeodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, a group of metallic wood-boring beetles favored by insect collectors. Whereas most beetles including most buprestids fly with their elytra held out and vibrating their hindwings to give lift and thrust, Acmaedodera, however, fly with their hind wings only — the elytra are fused down the center and form a shield over the insect's abdomen, even during flight. This fact, combined with the banding across the abdomen which is common (though not universal) in this family, gives many of them a distinct wasp-like appearance when in flight. Several are therefore considered hymenopteran mimics.{{cite book |author1=Thomas Eisner |author2=Maria Eisner |author3=Melody Siegler |title=Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-legged Creatures |url=https://archive.org/details/secretweaponsdef00eisn |url-access=registration |access-date=3 September 2013 |year=2005|publisher=Harvard University |isbn=978-0-674-01882-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/secretweaponsdef00eisn/page/204 204]}}

Species

The genus contains the following species:Bellamy, C. L. (2010) A Checklist of World Buprestoidea.

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