Sternocera

Sternocera is a genus of jewel beetles belonging to the Julodinae subfamily.

Sternocera
Sternocera chrysis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Julodinae
Genus: Sternocera
Eschscholtz, 1829
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) - 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 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

References
  1. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Schizopodidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
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