Sternocera
Appearance
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Sternocera chrysis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Sternocera.hunteri.mounted.jpg/170px-Sternocera.hunteri.mounted.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Metallic_Wood_Boring_Beetle_%28Sternocera_sternicornis_orientalis_syn._Sternocera_basalis%29_W_IMG_2894.jpg/220px-Metallic_Wood_Boring_Beetle_%28Sternocera_sternicornis_orientalis_syn._Sternocera_basalis%29_W_IMG_2894.jpg)
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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
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)