Polycesta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Polycestinae
Tribus: Polycestini
Genus: Polycesta

Subgenera: P. (Arizonica) – P. (Jamaiquesia) – P. (Nelsonella) – P. (Nemaphorus) – P. (Polycesta) – P. (Tularensia) –
Species: P. aequinoxialis – P. aethiops – P. afghanica – P. alternans – P. angulosa – P. arizonica – P. aruensis – P. bahamensis – P. bicolor – P. bilyi – P. brunneipennis – P. californica – P. cazieri – P. constrictinotum – P. cortezii – P. costata – P. crypta – P. cubae – P. cuprofasciata – P. cyanea – P. cyanipes – P. daira – P. decorata – P. depressa – P. dominicana – P. elata – P. embriki – P. excavata – P. fisheri – P. flavomaculata – P. fossulata – P. garcetei – P. goryi – P. gossei – P. guanacastensis – P. hageni – P. hermani – P. insulana – P. iranica – P. mastersii – P. montezuma – P. olivieri – P. perfecta – P. peringueyi – P. perlucida – P. plana – P. porcata – P. regularis – P. strandi – P. tamarugalis – P. thomae – P. tonkinea – P. tularensis – P. variegata – P. velasco – P. viridicostata
Name

Polycesta Dejean, 1833
Type species: Buprestis porcata Fabricius, 1775 — fixed by monotypy.

Synonyms

Lycaste Gistel, 1834
Type species: Buprestis porcata Fabricius, 1775 — fixed by monotypy

References

Ferrú, M. & Olivares, F., 2018: Description of a new species of Polycesta Dejean (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Chile. Diversity of root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne Göeldi, 1892 (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) associated with olive plants and environmental cues regarding their distribution in southern Spain. Revista Chilena de Entomología. Vol 44 No. 2 pp. 163-167

Links

Genus Polycesta. coleopsoc.org

Polycesta is a genus of "jewel beetles" in the subfamily Polycestinae, containing the following species:[1]

Polycesta aequinoxialis Thomson, 1878
Polycesta aethiops (Voet, 1806)
Polycesta afghanica Volkovitsh in Alexeev, et al., 1990
Polycesta alternans Waterhouse, 1904
Polycesta angulosa Jacqueline du Val, 1857
Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer, 1906
Polycesta aruensis Obenberger, 1924
Polycesta bahamensis Moore & Diéguez, 2008
Polycesta bicolor Kerremans, 1897
Polycesta bilyi Cobos, 1990
Polycesta brunneipennis Fisher, 1949
Polycesta californica LeConte, 1857
Polycesta cazieri Barr, 1949
Polycesta constrictinotum Westcott, 1998
Polycesta cortezii Thomson, 1878
Polycesta costata (Solier, 1849)
Polycesta crypta Barr, 1949
Polycesta cubae Chevrolat, 1838
Polycesta cuprofasciata Moore & Diéguez, 2008
Polycesta cyanea Chamberlin, 1933
Polycesta cyanipes (Fabricius, 1787)
Polycesta decorata Moore & Diéguez, 2008
Polycesta depressa (Linnaeus, 1771)
Polycesta dominicana Cobos, 1990
Polycesta elata LeConte, 1858
Polycesta embriki Obenberger, 1936
Polycesta excavata Blanchard, 1846
Polycesta fisheri Obenberger, 1936
Polycesta flavomaculata Nelson, 1960
Polycesta fossulata (Péringuey, 1886)
Polycesta garcetei Moore & Diéguez, 2008
Polycesta goryi Saunders, 1871
Polycesta gossei Waterhouse, 1904
Polycesta guanacastensis Moore & Diéguez, 2008
Polycesta hageni Barr, 1949
Polycesta hermani Cobos, 1981
Polycesta insulana Fisher, 1930
Polycesta iranica (Obenberger, 1923)
Polycesta mastersii Macleay, 1872
Polycesta montezuma Gory & Laporte, 1838
Polycesta olivieri Waterhouse, 1904
Polycesta perfecta Kerremans, 1914
Polycesta peringueyi Kerremans, 1909
Polycesta perlucida Kerremans, 1897
Polycesta plana Nelson, 2000
Polycesta porcata (Fabricius, 1775)
Polycesta regularis Waterhouse, 1904
Polycesta strandi Obenberger, 1928
Polycesta tamarugalis Moore & Diéguez, 2008
Polycesta thomae Chevrolat, 1838
Polycesta tonkinea Fairmaire, 1889
Polycesta tularensis Chamberlin, 1938
Polycesta variegata Waterhouse, 1904
Polycesta velasco Gory & Laporte, 1838
Polycesta viridicostata Neef de Sainval, 1998

References

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