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. Some species—S. aequisignata and S. aurosignata—are used for beetlewing craft because of their iridescent wings.

Species

Sternocera aequisignata

Sternocera hunteri

Sternocera sternicornis orientalis from India

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
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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

External links

• 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)