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The Bupréstids ( Buprestidae ), commonly known as jewelry beetles O Metal xylophagus beetles , they are a family of polyphagos coleoptera composed of about 13,000 species, [ 3 ] Fitophagas both in adult and larval state and that, in some cases, can be pests for agriculture. Many species are brilliantly colored being true jewels for collectors, to which their English name refers ( jewel beetles ).

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The Schizopodinae subfamily is currently considered an independent family (Schizopodidae). [ first ] ​ [ 2 ] ​

Characteristics [ To edit ]

The eyes are big and whole; They lack ocellos; The antennas are sawn, of eleven articles; The base of the pronoto does not present prolonged angles and fits perfectly with the eliters; The prostrum process is more or less conceded in a cavity of the mesostern, a mechanism for the fixation of the prorerax; The eliters cover the entire abdomen and wings; The tarsus are pentares, that is, they have five articles in all legs; The abdomen has the first visible segments fused.

The larvae lack legs, fences and free work.

Biology and ecology [ To edit ]

Buprews are agile, good flying and eminently diurnal, flying in full sun (heliophils) and when the temperature is high (thermophilites), being active in the central hours of the day. They are all phytophagous, feeding mainly of tender cortex, leaves or pollen in the flowers. In case of danger they replicate antennas and legs and drop to the ground where they remain motionless and go unnoticed.

The females deposit the eggs in the cracks of the bark, the stems of low floors, in the neck of the roots or on the leaves; Some species (Judolinae) make the ground. In most cases they choose dead trees or vegetation, sick or weakened by the attack of other insects, fires, etc., which contributes to the sanitation of forests. However, some species attack healthy plants and constitute pests.

The way of life of the larvae is varied. Judolinae larvae are endogeas or edaphic, that is, they live inside the ground, actively moving and feeding on roots. Many buprewed larvae are xylophagous, that is, galleries excavate inside the wood (whether trunks, branches or roots), of which they feed; Such is the case of many BUPRESTINAE, ACMAEODERINI, CHRISOBOTHRINI or AGRILINI. Other larvae pierce and devour the medulla of annual herbaceous plants, without a log; These are example of this category the Corabini and Aphanisticini. Finally, some species, such as those of the Trachydini tribe are leaf minor.

Subfamilia agrilinae

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  • Agrilus Curtis, 1825
  • Adontoodora Obenberger, 1931
  • Asymades Kerremans, 1893
  • Brachys Leave, 1833
  • Chalcophlocteis Obenberger, 1924
  • Discoderoides Théry, 1936
  • Entomogaster Saunders, 1871
  • Ethiopoeus Bellamy, 2008
  • Madecorformica Bellamy, 2008
  • Meliboeus Deyrolle, 1864
  • Pachyschelus Solier, 1833
  • Paracylindromorphus Thery, 1930
  • Paradorella Obenberger, 1923
  • Pseudokerremansia Bellamy & Holm, 1985
  • Strandet of Obenberger, 1931

BUPRESTINAE SUBFAMIL

Subfamilia chrysochroinae

Subfamilia Galbellinae

Family subfamilia julodinae

Subfamilia polycestinae

References [ To edit ]

  1. ↑ a b Lawrence, J. F. & Newton, A. F., Jr. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selectes genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). In: Pakaluk y Slipinski (Eds.). Biology, phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. Pp. 779-1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4.
  2. ↑ a b Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A. E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A., Lawrence, J. F., Lyal, C. H., … & Smith, A. B. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, (88), 1.
  3. ↑ Verdugo, A. 2005. BUPRESIDAE FAUNA OF THE IBEANIC PENINSULA AND BALEARES . Argania Edition, Barcelona, ​​350 pp. ISBN 84-931847-9-9

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