Meliboeus

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{other|Meliboeus (disambiguation)}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Meliboeus violaceus (Kiesenwetter, 1857) (5984631987).jpg

| image_caption = Meliboeus violaceus

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| superfamilia = Buprestoidea

| familia = Buprestidae

| subfamilia = Agrilinae

| genus = Meliboeus

| genus_authority = Deyrolle, 1864

}}

Meliboeus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are distributed throughout the Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indomalayan realms. As of 2008, there were 227 species.Prokhorov, A. V. (2011). [http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/prokhorov_review_ukrainian_meliboeus.pdf Review of Ukrainian species of the genus Meliboeus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae).] Vestnik zoologii 45(6) 503-11.

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

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