Buprestidae

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Buprestida is a family of beetles. In English, they are known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles, because of the coloring of their carapace. 

The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,000 recent species  in 450 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.Akiyama K. & S. Ohmomo 2000. The Buprestid Beetles of the World. Iconographic Series of Insects 4. ISBN 4-943955-04-5

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