Temognatha is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles. Over 85 species in the genus are native to Australia.[1]

Temognatha
Temognatha alternata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Tribe: Stigmoderini
Genus: Temognatha
Solier, 1833
Species

85+

Temognatha variabilis
Temognatha sanguiniventris

Species

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Species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hawkeswood, T. J. (2006). Review of the biology and host plants of the Australian buprestid beetle Temognatha alternata (Lumholtz, 1889) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Calodema Volume 6.
  2. ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Temognatha". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
  3. ^ Peterson, Magnus (20 November 2015). "Revised taxonomy of Temognatha duponti (Boisduval) and T. stevensii (Gehin) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Stigmoderini), with definition of the grandis and stevensii species-groups". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 3 (18). Magnolia Press: 1–25. doi:10.12976/jib/2015.3.18.
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