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(zoology) Any beetle in the family Schizopodidae; a false jewel beetle..
The body of adult schizopodids is somewhat to very stout and strongly convex.
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.
Schizopodids are typically found feeding on spring-blooming desert flowers, clinging to dry grasses (Schizopus) or on foliage of oaks (Dystaxia) and junipers (Glyptoscelimorpha).
Use schizopodid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Schizopodid means (zoology) Any beetle in the family Schizopodidae; a false jewel beetle..
Common synonyms include schizopodine.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The body of adult schizopodids is somewhat to very stout and strongly convex.
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