Family
Buprestidae (Jewel beetles)
Dicerca hornii. Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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 15,000 species known in 450 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.
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