title: Taphroceroides
text: # Taphroceroides
  
  Taphroceroides is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The genus was erected in 2008 for T. mimeticus, a new species from Costa Rica. Two other species have since been described from French Guiana.
  
  Species:
  
  * Taphroceroides curlettii Brûlé, 2012
  * Taphroceroides guyanensis Brûlé, 2012
  * Taphroceroides mimeticus Hespenheide, 2008
  