Paracephala

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Paracephala

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| superfamilia = Buprestoidea

| familia = Buprestidae

| genus = Paracephala

| genus_authority = Saunders, 1868

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Paracephala is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia. They are black to purplish in color and are associated with grasses.Hawkeswood, T. J. (2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195933/http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/309.pdf review of the biology of the Australian genus Paracephala Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).] Calodema 8 1-2.

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

• Paracephala aenea Blackburn, 1891
• Paracephala borea Bellamy, 1988
• Paracephala deserta Bellamy, 1988
• Paracephala hesperia Bellamy, 1988
• Paracephala murina Thomson, 1878
• Paracephala occidentalis (Macleay, 1888)
• Paracephala pistacina (Hope, 1846)