schizopodid

plural schizopodids

1. biologyAny beetle in the family Schizopodidae; a false jewel beetle.

   The body of adult schizopodids is somewhat to very stout and strongly convex.

   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

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   Schizopodid beetles or false jewel beetles are similar to metallic wood-boring beetles or jewel beetles (Buprestidae) but are distinguished by the deeply bilobed fourth tarsal segment of the adults.

   2006, Arthur V. Evans, James N. Hogue, Field Guide to Beetles of California, University of California Press, page 123

   Schizopodids are typically found feeding on spring-blooming desert flowers, clinging to dry grasses (Schizopus) or on foliage of oaks (Dystaxia) and junipers (Glyptoscelimorpha).

   2021, Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Western North America, Princeton University Press, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: schizopodine