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INTRODUCTION  -  THE IMPORTANCE OF BEETLES  -  WOOD BORING & PESTIFEROUS BEETLES

GENERAL FAMILIES / NOVEL BEETLES  -  REFERENCES


WOOD BORING AND PESTIFEROUS BEETLES

Family Buprestidae (Jewel or metallic beetles)

The jewel beetles are the most colourful beetles in the collection and have been collected from all over the World. In Britain they range from 1mm to 35mm (Chinery 1993) however the collection contains some exotic buprestids that reach 80mm in length. Many do serious damage to trees and shrubs. Buprestid larvae bore under bark or in wood and take 1-3 years to develop. The larvae are often called flat-headed borers due to the larvae having an expanded and flattened anterior end (Borror et al, 1981). The tunnels of buprestid larvae can be distinguished from those of cerambycid larvae as the buprestid tunnels are more flattened in cross section.

Acmaeodera gibbula Angelia peteli
Callopistus castelnaudi Catoxantha buqueti
Catoxantha castelnaudi Catoxantha daleni

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Catoxantha gratiosa Catoxantha ignita
Catoxantha opulenta Catoxantha purpuriventris
Catoxantha weyersi Chalcophora mariana

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Chrysodema tuncuda Cyphogastra sp.
Euchroma gigantea male Euchroma gigantea female
Epistomentis pica Evides pubiventris

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Hypoprasis villosiventris Iridotaenia palawana
ridotaenia sumptuosa Lampropepla rothschildi
Megaloxantha bicolor Megaloxantha purpurascens

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Paracupta sp. Polycesta costata
Psiloptera pardalis Sterapsis congolana
Sterapsis maunensis Thrincopyge alacris
 
Tyndalis marginella  

INTRODUCTION  -  THE IMPORTANCE OF BEETLES  -  WOOD BORING & PESTIFEROUS BEETLES

GENERAL FAMILIES / NOVEL BEETLES  -  REFERENCES