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Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. [1]
Chlaenius tricolor is a species of vivid metallic ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found from southern Canada south to Guatemala. [1] [2] Subspecies
Buprestis rufipes, the red-legged buprestis, is a green metallic wood boring beetle native to southern and eastern United States in North America. Little is known about this beetle. It apparently inhabits dead or dying hardwood in its adult phase.
Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles. [1] [2] ... Buprestidae Leach 1815, the jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles. Schizopodidae LeConte 1861; References
Adult beetles are metallic blue with violet luster, with a striking yellow-orange rim on the elytra and mostly yellow-colored legs and antennae. They are 18 to 22.5 mm (0.7 to 0.9 in) in length. They are 18 to 22.5 mm (0.7 to 0.9 in) in length.
Subgenus Achlaenius Mandl, 1992 Chlaenius amplipennis Chaudoir, 1876 Chlaenius athleta Kryzhanovskij, 1976 Chlaenius dalibaiensis Kirschenhofer, 2008 Chlaenius grosseri Kirschenhofer, 2018
Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 millimetres (3 ⁄ 4 in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum. The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it may show several small, irregular, white lines and marks.
Euchroma giganteum is one of the largest of the buprestid beetles (hence the Latin name "giganteum" of the species), reaching a length of about 50–80 millimetres (2.0–3.1 in). [6] Catoxantha and Megaloxantha are among the few other members of the family that reach a comparable size. [7]