julodine

plural julodines

1. Any beetle of the subfamily Julodinae (some of the jewel beetles).

   [The genus] Aaata consists of a single species, A. finchi, which is distinguished from other julodines by its large size, and by its raised and wrinkled pronotal and elytral surfaces.

   2014, Patrice Bouchard, editor, The Book of Beetles, unnumbered page

   2 more examples

   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 ovipositor is highly modified for depositing the eggs into the soil, the male genitalia are also typically buprestid.

   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 (CRC Press), page 95

   Larvae of Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold (Julodimorphini) differ greatly from other buprestine and chrysochroine larvae, resembling rather julodine larvae in having mandibles with a shovel-shaped vertical lamina, but in other respects show affinities to the buprestine-chrysochroine line.

   2016, Charles L. Bellamy, Mark G. Volkovitsh, “18: Buprestoidea Crowson, 1955”, in Rolf G. Beutel, Richard A. B. Leschen, editors, Handbook of Zoology: Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 1: Morphology and Systematics, 2nd edition, Walter de Gruyter, page 548