Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 Family Buprestidae Leach, 1815 - metallic wood-boring beetles Subfamily Chalcophorinae Lacordaire, 1857 Tribe Psilopterini Lacordaire, 1857 Subtribe Hippomelanina Holynski, 1993 Genus Hippomelas Laporte & Gory, 1837