Sternocera

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

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

References