BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815
(jewel beetles)

Interactions where BUPRESTIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Orussus abietinus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Orussidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Orussidae/Orussus abietinus/Orussus abietinusa sawflylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Buprestidaejewel beetleslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

BUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 6 subtaxa 11 trophisms 5 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles)
SuperfamilyBUPRESTOIDEA (jewel beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bíly, S. 1982 The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 10, 110pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Levey, B. 1977 Coleoptera: Buprestidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V. Pt 1(b), 8pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Prahy, K. Jewel Beetles (Buprestidae) of Prague and its Surroundings volny.cz/midge/buprang/jewelbeetles.htm
Théry, A. 1942 *** Coléoptères Buprestides ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 41, 222pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Leaf-miners

György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest

BUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Alexander, K.N.A 2003 Provisional atlas of the Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea (Coleoptera) of Britain and Ireland. 86pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of BUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles)
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