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). review of the biology of the Australian genus Paracephala Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 8 1-2.
Species include:
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)
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