Meaning of false jewel beetle | Babel Free

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Any beetle of the family Schizopodidae, which resemble and are closely related to jewel beetles (buprestids).

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“Schizopodid beetles or false jewel beetles are similar to metallic wood-boring beetles or jewel beetles (Buprestidae) but are distinguished by the deeply bilobed fourth tarsal segment of the adults.”

“Schizopodidae, called "false jewel beetles", are a small group of beetles endemic to the western North America.”

“Commonly called false jewel beetles because the adults resemble jewel or metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae, p.210), they^([schizopodids]) are distinguished by their deeply bilobed fourth tarsomere. Schizopodids are typically found feeding on spring-blooming desert flowers, clinging to dry grasses (Schizopus) or on foliage of oaks (Dystaxia) and junipers (Glyptoscelimorpha).”

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