Chrysochroa fulgidissima

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Chrysochroa fulgidissima
A "tamamushi" beetle in Iizaka, Japan.
A "tamamushi" beetle in Iizaka, Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Chrysochroa
Species: C. fulgidissima
Binomial name
Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Schönherr, 1817

Chrysochroa fulgidissima or tamamushi in Japanese (Japanese kanji: 玉虫、吉丁虫: katakana:タマムシ）is a metallic wood-boring beetle of the family Buprestidae that is native to Japan. The Tamamushi-no-zushi, 玉虫厨子, (Tamamushi shrine), a miniature shrine located at Hōryū-ji Temple, was once decorated with the colorful wings of the Chrysochroa fulgidissima beetle.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Rowthorn, C.:Japan, page 370. Lonely Planet, 2005

[edit] References

  • Rowthorn, Chris (2005), Japan, Lonely Planet, ISBN 1740599241 
  • Gullan, P.J. & Cranston, P.S. (2005), The Insects: An Outline of Entomology (3rd ed.), Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-4051-1113-5 
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