Buprestoidea is a
superfamily of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s.
It contains two families:
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Buprestidae Leach 1815, the
jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles.
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Schizopodidae LeConte 1861
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Beetle superfamilies
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