See Text Chalcopteroides is a genus of darkling beetle, defined by Embrik Strand in 1935, and replacing the older name Chalcopterus which was preoccupied.

They are oblong in shape, glabrous and usually a metallic blue or green colour.

The mandibles lack a sulcus and have either truncate or rounded apices.

The elytra usually have only superficial and minute punctures (sometimes they have impressed striae).

Additionally, arthropod fragments have been found in guts of some species, suggesting a scavenging or predatory lifestyle.