Buprestidae
Common name: Metallic wood-boring beetles.
A large (over 12,000 named species) family of beetles which usually live in the soil but are strong fliers. The bodies of the adults shows many metallic colors. The whitish larvae, which borrow in roots and stems, bear very small heads but a greatly enlarged prothorax followed by smaller thoracic segments and a slender abdomen. The legs are vestigial or absent. Capnodis tenebrionis and C. carbonaria are important pests of stone fruits (e.g. almonds).
References
Halperin, J. and, Argaman, Q. 2000. Annotated list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) and their host plants of Israel. Zoology in the Middle East, Insecta. 20: 99-116.
Katheh-Bader, A. 1996. Buprestidae of Jordan (Coleoptera). Fragmenta entomologica 28: 43-50.
Niehuis, M. 1989. Contribution to the knowledge of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the Near East. Zoology in the Middle East 3: 73-100.
Volkovitsh, M. 2004. New records of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Israel with description of a new species. Israel Journal of Entomology 34: 109-152.