false jewel beetle

名词 n.

英文释义

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

词形变化

false jewel beetles plural

词源

Following a 1991 review, the subfamily Schizopinae was promoted to family status (and renamed Schizopodidae), having been until then classified within the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae. Usage of the term false jewel beetle thus appears to be a logical consequence of the move.
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