Sternocera

Sternocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the Buprestidae family.

Sternocera
Sternocera hunteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Buprestidae
Subfamily:
Julodinae
Genus:
Sternocera

Species

See text

Characteristics

There are 26 species in this genus.[1] Some species—S. aequisignata and S. aurosignata—are used for beetlewing craft because of their iridescent wings.

Species
  • Sternocera aequisignata Saunders, 1866
  • Sternocera aurosignata Thomson, 1878
  • Sternocera cariosicollis Fairmaire, 1884
  • Sternocera castanea (Olivier, 1790)
  • Sternocera chrysis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Sternocera dasypleuros Kollar, 1848
  • Sternocera diardii Gory, 1840
  • Sternocera discedens Kolbe, 1901
  • Sternocera duvivieri Kerremans, 1898
  • Sternocera feldspathica White, 1843
  • Sternocera foveopubens Fairmaire, 1884
  • Sternocera funebris Boheman, 1860
  • Sternocera hildebrandti Harold, 1878
  • Sternocera hunteri Waterhouse, 1889
  • Sternocera aequisignata, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
  • Sternocera castanea boucardii
  • Sternocera castanea boucardii, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
  • Sternocera chrysis, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
  • Sternocera chrysis chrysidoides from India - mounted specimen
  • Sternocera sternicornis, from Bengal - mounted specimen
  • Sternocera sternicornis orientalis from India
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References
  1. Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Schizopodidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 22 Jun 2011.


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