Julodinae

Brush jewel beetle Julodis viridipes on Othonna arbuscula, copyright Alexey Yakovlev.

Belongs within: Buprestidae.

The Julodinae are a group of jewel beetles whose larvae are free-living soil dwellers, feeding externally on roots (Bouchard 2014).

Julodinae [Amblysternini, Julodides, Julodini] B14
    |--Aaata Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1906 B85
    |    `--A. finchi (Waterhouse 1884) B14
    |--Julodella Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1893 [=Julodiella (l. c.)] B85
    |--Neojulodis Kerremans 1902 B85
    |    |  i. s.: N. rufolimbata G08
    |    `--N. (Protojulodis Holm 1979) B85
    |--Amblysterna Thomson 1878 B85
    |    |--A. johnstoni B14
    |    `--A. natalensis (Fåhraeus 1851) B14
    |--Sternocera Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Charytonia Gistel 1834, Sternoxus] B85
    |    |--S. boucardi G08
    |    |--S. castanea B14
    |    |--S. chrysis (Fabricius 1775) B14
    |    |    |--S. c. chrysis B14
    |    |    `--S. c. nitidicollis B14
    |    |--S. discedens B14
    |    |--S. hildebrandti G08
    |    `--S. hunteri G08
    `--Julodis Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Phyllis Gistel 1834, Saccosoma Motschulsky 1859] B85
         |--J. arabica G89
         |--J. cirrosa B14
         |    |--J. c. cirrosa B14
         |    |--J. c. hirtiventris Laporte 1835 B14
         |    `--J. c. mellyi B14
         |--J. fascicularis B14
         |--J. fimbriata [=Buprestis fimbriata] G89
         |--J. hirsuta B14
         |--J. sulcicollis B14
         `--J. viridipes B14

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B85] Bellamy, C. L. 1985. A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 4 (15): 405–472.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso «Esploratore» dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[G08] Golding, M. R. 2008. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Ocean Publishing.