Polycestinae
Polycesta costata (size: 16.5mm)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Polycestinae
Lacordaire, 1857
Tribes

Polycestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: known as "jewel beetles".

Tribes and Genera

The following genera are included:[1]

Acmaeoderini

Acmaeodera pilosella (Acmaeoderini)
Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (Acmaeoderini)

Authority: Kerremans, 1893

subtribe Acmaeoderina Kerremans, 1893
subtribe Odetteina Volkovitsh, 2001
subtribe Nothomorphina Cobos, 1955

Astraeini

Authority: Cobos, 1980

Bulini

Authority: Bellamy, 1995; a.k.a. Bulis genus group [tribal level] sensu Volkovitsh, 2001

  • Bulis Laporte & Gory, 1837

Haplostethini

Authority: LeConte, 1861

Paratrachyini

Authority: Cobos, 1980; Synonyms: Paratrachini, Paratrachydini, Paratrachysae: all Cobos, 1980[3]

Perucolini

Authority: Cobos, 1980

Polycestini

Authority: Lacordaire, 1857

subtribe Xenopseina Volkovitsh, 2008

Polyctesini

Schoutedeniastes ohkurai (Polyctesini)

Authority: Cobos, 1955

Prospherini

Authority: Cobos, 1980

Ptosimini

Ptosima undecimpunctata (Ptosimini)

Authority: Kerremans, 1902

Thrincopygini

Authority: LeConte, 1861

Tyndarini

Authority: Cobos, 1955

Xyroscelini

Authority: Cobos, 1955

References

  1. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Subfamily Polycestinae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
  2. BioLib.cz: subtribus Acmaeoderina Kerremans, 1893
  3. BioLib.cz: tribus Paratrachyini Cobos, 1980 (retrieved 12 July 2021)
  4. Biolib.Cz: subtribus Xenopseina Volkovitsh, 2008
  5. genus Xenopsis Saunders, 1867
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