Sternocera

Sternocera
Sternocera hunteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Julodinae
Genus: Sternocera
Eschscholtz, 1829
Species

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


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 interrupta (Olivier, 1790)
  • Sternocera iris Harold, 1878
  • Sternocera klugii Thomson, 1859
  • Sternocera laevigata (Olivier, 1790)
  • Sternocera marseuli Obenberger, 1923
  • Sternocera multipunctata Saunders, 1869
  • Sternocera ngorongorensis Holm & Gussmann, 1992
  • Sternocera orissa Buquet, 1837
  • Sternocera pulchra Waterhouse, 1879
  • Sternocera ruficornis Saunders, 1866
  • Sternocera sternicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sternocera syriaca Saunders, 1874
  • Sternocera tricolor Kerremans, 1886

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Schizopodidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 22 Jun 2011.

External links

Media related to Sternocera at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Sternocera at Wikispecies