Polycestis

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Polycestis

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| superfamilia = Buprestoidea

| familia = Buprestidae

| genus = Polycestis

| genus_authority = Marseul, 1865

}}

Polycestis is a genus of "jewel beetles" in the subfamily Polycestinae, containing the following species:{{cite web |url=https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Polyctesis.htm |title=Genus Polycestis |author=Bellamy, C. L. |date=2013 |work=A Checklist of World Buprestoidea |accessdate=7 Sep 2021}}

• Polycestis foveicollis Fairmaire, 1899
• Polycestis hauseri Obenberger, 1934
• Polycestis johanidesi Bily, 1997
• Polycestis rhois Marseul, 1865
• Polycestis strandi Obenberger, 1934