false jewel beetle noun1 •Any beetle of the family Schizopodidae, which resemble and are closely related to jewel beetles (buprestids).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. — 2006 formsfalse jewel beetles
