title: Paracephala
text: # Paracephala
  
  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.
  
  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)
  