Belongs within: Buprestidae.
The Julodinae are a group of jewel beetles whose larvae are free-living soil dwellers, feeding externally on roots (Bouchard 2014).
<==Julodinae [Amblysternini, Julodides, Julodini]B14 |--Aaata Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1906B85 | `--A. finchi (Waterhouse 1884)B14 |--Julodella Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1893 [=Julodiella (l. c.)]B85 |--Neojulodis Kerremans 1902B85 | | i. s.: N. rufolimbataG08 | `--N. (Protojulodis Holm 1979)B85 |--Amblysterna Thomson 1878B85 | |--A. johnstoniB14 | `--A. natalensis (Fåhraeus 1851)B14 |--Sternocera Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Charytonia Gistel 1834]B85 | |--S. boucardiG08 | |--S. castaneaB14 | |--S. chrysis (Fabricius 1775)B14 | | |--S. c. chrysisB14 | | `--S. c. nitidicollisB14 | |--S. discedensB14 | |--S. hildebrandtiG08 | `--S. hunteriG08 `--Julodis Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Phyllis Gistel 1834 non L. 1753 (ICBN), Saccosoma Motschulsky 1859]B85 |--J. arabicaG89 |--J. cirrosaB14 | |--J. c. cirrosaB14 | |--J. c. hirtiventris Laporte 1835B14 | `--J. c. mellyiB14 |--J. fascicularisB14 |--J. fimbriata [=Buprestis fimbriata]G89 |--J. hirsutaB14 |--J. sulcicollisB14 `--J. viridipesB14
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B85] Bellamy, C. L. 1985. A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 4 (15): 405–472.
[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).
[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso “Esploratore” dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 5–72.
[G08] Golding, M. R. 2008. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Ocean Publishing.