Julodimorpha

Julodimorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.

Julodimorpha
Julodimorpha bakewelli from Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold, 1869

Species

Julodimorpha contains the following species:

• Julodimorpha bakewelli (White, 1859)
• Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1878

Observations on mating behaviour

In 1983, entomologists Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz reported on male Julodimorpha saundersii (confused at that time with the closely related J. bakewelli^[1]), which were observed attempting to copulate with discarded brown stubbies (a type of beer bottles) studded with tubercules (bobbly bits).^[2] The beetles' behavior was an example of a supernormal stimulus. The report won Gwynne and Rentz the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in biology.^[3]