Meliboeithon

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| taxon = Meliboeithon

| authority = Obenberger, 1920

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Meliboeithon is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia. There are six species.Hawkeswood, T. J. (2006). [http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/310.pdf Review of the biology of the Australian genus Meliboeithon Obenberger, 1920 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306161647/http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/310.pdf |date=2016-03-06 }} Calodema 8 3-4.

These beetles are black or purplish in color. The adults are often found on the stems of rushes (Juncus spp.).

Species include:{{cite web |url=https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Meliboeithon.htm |title=Genus Meliboeithon |author=Bellamy, C. L. |date=2013 |work=A Checklist of World Buprestoidea |accessdate=7 Sep 2021}}

• Meliboeithon bicostatus (Carter, 1928)
• Meliboeithon confusus Bellamy, 1988
• Meliboeithon crassus (Kerremans, 1898)
• Meliboeithon cylindricollis Bellamy, 1988
• Meliboeithon intermedius (Kerremans, 1898)
• Meliboeithon vitticeps (Carter, 1924)