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''Buprestis langii'' is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family
Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
. It is found in North America.


References

* "A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico", Nelson et al. 2008. ''The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4''. 274 pp. * Bellamy, C.L. (2008-2009). ''A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volumes 1-5''. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 76-80. * Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". ''The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4'', iv + 274.


Further reading

* Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida . * Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Buprestidae Beetles described in 1843 {{Buprestidae-stub