# Paracephala

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***Paracephala*** is a genus of [beetles](/source/Beetle) in the family [Buprestidae](/source/Buprestidae), the jewel beetles. They are native to [Australia](/source/Australia). They are black to purplish in color and are associated with [grasses](/source/Poaceae).[1]

Species include:[2]

- *[Paracephala aenea](/source/Paracephala_aenea)* Blackburn, 1891
- *[Paracephala borea](/source/Paracephala_borea)* Bellamy, 1988
- *[Paracephala deserta](/source/Paracephala_deserta)* Bellamy, 1988
- *[Paracephala hesperia](/source/Paracephala_hesperia)* Bellamy, 1988
- *[Paracephala murina](/source/Paracephala_murina)* Thomson, 1878
- *[Paracephala occidentalis](/source/Paracephala_occidentalis)* (Macleay, 1888)
- *[Paracephala pistacina](/source/Paracephala_pistacina)* (Hope, 1846)

## References

1. Hawkeswood, T. J. (2006). [review of the biology of the Australian genus *Paracephala* Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195933/http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/309.pdf) *Calodema* 8 1-2.

1. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). ["Genus *Paracephala*"](https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Paracephala.htm). *A Checklist of World Buprestoidea*. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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