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Buprestidan
Buprestidan Bu*pres"ti*dan, n. [L. buprestis, Gr. ?, a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and and die; ? ox, cow + ? to blow up, swell out.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv[ae] are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

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- Southeast Asia in Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille "The first fossil buprestids from the Middle Jur****ic Jiulongshan Formation of China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)"...
- Buprestis aurulenta, commonly known as the golden jewel beetle or golden buprestid, is a species of beetle in the genus Buprestis. The larvae of Buprestis...
- Fossil buprestid beetle from the Eocene (50 mya) Messel pit, which retains its structural color...
- Agrilus anxius, the bronze birch borer, is a wood-boring buprestid beetle native to North America, more numerous in the warmer parts of the continent...
- Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. Common names include oak splendour beetle, oak buprestid beetle, and two-spotted oak borer. This beetle is known as a pest that...
- Agrilus turnbowi, the mistletoe buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. "Agrilus...
- Chrysobothris merkelii, the merkel buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and...
- Acmaeodera holsteni, or Holsten's flower buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America...
- Poecilonota californica, the western poplar buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America...
- Chrysobothris bacchari, the coyote bush buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America...