''Evides triangularis'' is a South African wood-boring jewel beetle species in the family of
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 has a metallic green coloration that is not reflective in the near-infrared renge of the spectrum.
References
Buprestidae
Beetles described in 1878
Beetles of Africa
Woodboring beetles
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