Sternocera

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: Julodinae
Genus: Sternocera
Species: S. aequisignata – S. aurosignata – S. cariosicollis – S. castanea – S. chrysis – S. dasypleuros – S. diardii – S. discedens – S. duvivieri – S. feldspathica – S. foveopubens – S. hildebrandti – S. hunteri – S. interrupta – S. iris – S. klugii – S. laevigata – S. marseuli – S. multipunctata – S. ngorongorensis – S. orissa – S. pulchra – S. ruficornis – S. sternicornis – S. syriaca – S. tricolor
Name

Sternocera (Eschscholtz, 1829: 18)

Type species: Buprestis chrysis Fabricius, 1775

Synonyms

Buprestis (Sternocera) [original combination]
Sternoxus Billberg, 1820
Charytonia Gistel, 1834

References
Primary references

Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Eintheilung der Elateriden in Gattungen. Entomologisches Archiv, 2(1): 31–35. Reference page.

Links

The World of Jewel Beetles

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

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 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

References

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