Sternocera
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Genus of beetles
| Sternocera | |
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| Sternocera chrysis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Julodinae |
| Genus: | Sternocera Eschscholtz, 1829 |
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Sternocera is a genus of jewel beetles belonging to the Julodinae subfamily.
Characteristics
[edit ]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
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- Sternocera aequisignata Saunders, 1866
- Sternocera aurosignata Thomson, 1878
- Sternocera cariosicollis Fairmaire, 1884
- Sternocera castanea (Olivier, 1790)
- Sternocera chrysis (Fabricius, 1775) - type species
- 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
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Sternocera castanea boucardii, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
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Sternocera chrysis, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
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Sternocera chrysis chrysidoides from India - mounted specimen
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Sternocera sternicornis, from Bengal - mounted specimen
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References
[edit ]- ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Schizopodidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Sternocera at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Sternocera at Wikispecies
- African Sternocera
- Asian Sternocera
- Revision of the African Sternocera - Holm & Gussmann (1992)
