Splendour beetle

Japanese: splendour beetle(英語表記)splendourbeetle
Splendour beetle

…There are many large, beautifully colored beetles in the tropics. The English name of this family is splendor beetles, or metallic wood-boring beetles, because the adults have a metallic sheen and the larvae bore into wood. However, there are also groups such as the gall beetles that bore into living grass and leaf tissue (mining). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "splendour beetle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このように熱帯地方には大型で色彩の美しいものが少なくない。この科の英名も成虫が輝き(金属性光沢)をもつこと,幼虫時に木に穿孔することからsplendour beetle,またはmetallic wood‐boring beetleと名づけられている。しかし,チビタマムシ類のように生きた草や葉の組織内に穿孔(潜葉性)するグループも見られる。…

※「splendour beetle」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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