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Sternocera

Sternocera
Sternocera.hunteri.mounted.jpg
Sternocera hunteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Julodinae
Genus: Sternocera
Eschscholtz, 1829
Species

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Sternocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the Buprestidae family.


There are 26 species in this genus. Some species—S. aequisignata and S. aurosignata—are used for beetlewing craft because of their iridescent wings.

Sternocera aequisignata, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)

Sternocera castanea boucardii

Sternocera castanea boucardii, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)

Sternocera chrysis, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)

Sternocera chrysis chrysidoides from India - mounted specimen

Sternocera sternicornis, from Bengal - mounted specimen

Sternocera sternicornis orientalis from India


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