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Chrysobothrini is a tribe of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family
Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the lar ...
. There are at least 3 genera and 140 described species in Chrysobothrini.


Genera

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Chrysobothris ''Chrysobothris'' is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent ...
'' Eschscholtz, 1829 * '' Knowltonia'' Fisher, 1935 * '' Sphaerobothris'' Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Richter, 1934


References

* Bellamy, C. L., and G. H. Nelson / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. et al., eds. (2002). "Family 41. Buprestidae Leach, 1815". ''American Beetles'', vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 98–112. * 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 Beetle tribes {{buprestidae-stub