Sternocera
{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| image = Sternocera chrysis-Musée zoologique de Strasbourg.jpg
| image_caption = Sternocera chrysis
| taxon = Sternocera
| authority = Eschscholtz, 1829
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
Sternocera is a genus of jewel beetles belonging to the Julodinae subfamily.
Characteristics
There are 26 species in this genus.{{cite web |url=https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Sternocera.htm |title=Genus Schizopodidae |author=Bellamy, C. L. |date=2013 |work=A Checklist of World Buprestoidea |access-date=7 Sep 2021}} Some species—S. aequisignata and S. aurosignata—are used for beetlewing craft because of their iridescent wings.
Species
File:Buprestidae - Sternocera aequisignata-1.JPG]]
File:Sternocera.hunteri.mounted.jpg
File:Metallic Wood Boring Beetle (Sternocera basalis) W IMG 2894.jpg
Gallery
File:Sternocera castanea boucardii Saunders, 1874 (3028954491) (2).jpg|Sternocera castanea boucardii
File:Buprestidae - Sternocera castanea boucardii.JPG| Sternocera castanea boucardii, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
File:Buprestidae - Sternocera chrysis-1.JPG| Sternocera chrysis, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
File:Sternocera.chrysis.chrysidoides.mounted.jpg| Sternocera chrysis chrysidoides from India - mounted specimen
File:Sternocera.sternicornis.mounted.jpg| Sternocera sternicornis, from Bengal - mounted specimen
References
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External links
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- [http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups/sterafr2.htm African Sternocera]
- [http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups/sterasia.htm Asian Sternocera]
- [http://www.fond4beetles.com/Buprestidae/PDF/Holm/Holm&Gussmann%201992%20Sternocera.pdf Revision of the African Sternocera - Holm & Gussmann (1992)]
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