Sternocera hildebrandti is a species of beetles belonging to the Buprestidae family.[1] The elytra of the brown to red brown jewel beetles show a medium reflectance in the near-infrared.[2] The elytra are very hard and have been used by the Wataita as clattering earrings for special ceremonies.[3][4][5] The species was named in honor of Johann Maria Hildebrandt by his father.[6]
| Sternocera hildebrandti | |
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| Jewel Beetle (Sternocera hildebrandti) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Sternocera |
| Species: | S. hildebrandti
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| Binomial name | |
| Sternocera hildebrandti Harold, 1878
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Distribution
editThis species can be found in East Africa from Ethiopia to the south of Tanzania for example in akazia trees.[7]
References
edit- ^ Gussmann, Sibylle; Holm, Erik (2004). The African Jewel Beetles: (Buprestidae: Julodinae). Taita Publishers. ISBN 978-80-902734-5-0.
- ^ Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species". Entomologie Heute. 23: 183–215.
- ^ Hildebrandt, J.M. (1879). "XV. Von Mombassa nach Kitui". Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin. 14: 321–350.
- ^ Hildebrandt, J.M. (1878). "Ethnographische Notizen über Wakámba und ihre Nachbaren". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 10: 347–406.
- ^ van Huis, Arnold (2021). "Cultural Significance of Beetles in Sub-Saharan Africa". Insects. 12 (4): 368. doi:10.3390/insects12040368. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 8074302. PMID 33924136.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-11-18). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.
- ^ Gerstaecker, A. (1884). Bestimmung der von Dr. G. A. Fischer während seiner Reise nach dem Massai-Land gesammelten Coleopteren. Aus dem Jahresbuch der wissenschaftlichen Anstalten zu Hamburg für 1883. Hamburg. p. 51.
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