julodines

Noun

julodine (plural julodines)

1. Any beetle of the subfamily Julodinae (some of the jewel beetles).
   • A relationship to the second major buprestid lineage, the Old World julodines, is supported by this groups'^([sic]) external plant-feeding habits, although no larvae of that group have any locomotory structures. The wing venation in the julodines is more typically buprestid and whereas the female...2002, G. H. Nelson, C. L. Bellamy, “40: Schizopodidae, LeConte 1861”, in Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, J. Howard Frank, editors, American Beetles, Volume 2, Taylor & Francis...