''Julodis andreae'' is a species of beetles belonging to the

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

family.

Subspecies

* ''Julodis andreae andreae'' (Olivier, 1790) * ''Julodis andreae derasa'' (Abeille, 1904) * ''Julodis andreae lineigera'' (Marseul, 1865) * ''Julodis andreae mandli'' (Pochon, 1967) * ''Julodis andreae obesa'' Obenberger, 1923 * ''Julodis andreae obsoletesulcata'' Obenberger, 1917 * ''Julodis andreae scovitzi'' (Steven, 1830) * ''Julodis andreae sulcata'' Redtenbacher, 1843 * ''Julodis andreae xanthographa'' (Faldermann, 1830

Description

''Julodis andreae'' can reach a length of . Colors of these metallic wood-boring beetles are very variable, ranging from iridescent blue, green, yellowish green and copper. These colors are not due to pigments but to physical iridescence. Elytra show strong longitudinal ridges with whitish hairs.

Distribution

This species can be found in Armenia,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, Iran and Turkey (South and Eastern Anatolia) .

References

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