Buprestidae
Buprestida is a family of beetles. In English, they are known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles, because of the coloring of their carapace.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Buprestidae |
The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,000 recent species in 450 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.[1]
Buprestidae Media
Oak splendour beetle (Agrilus biguttatus, Agrilinae)
Temognatha alternata, a Buprestinae 2.6cm long from Cooktown, Australia
Julodis ehrenbergii specimen from Greece (Julodinae)
Acmaeodera sp. (Polycestinae)
Unidentified species from Swifts Creek (Victoria, Australia)
Dicerca obscura (subfamilia Chrysochroinae), North America
Sternocera sp., Tamil Nadu
References
- ↑ Akiyama K. & S. Ohmomo 2000. The Buprestid Beetles of the World. Iconographic Series of Insects 4. ISBN 4-943955-04-5
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