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Sternocera sternicornis

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Species of beetle

Sternocera sternicornis
Mounted specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Sternocera
Species: S. sternicornis
Binomial name
Sternocera sternicornis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Sternocera sternicornis is a species of beetle belonging to the Buprestidae family.

Subspecies

  • Sternocera sternicornis orientalis (Herbst, 1801)
  • Sternocera sternicornis sternicoris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Sternocera sternicornis can reach a length of about 45 millimetres (1.8 in). The basic color of the elytra is metallic bright green, with small yellow or ash-colored eyespots. Two larger spots are present at the base of the elytra. The surface of the thorax is covered with deeply impressed punctures. The antennae and tarsi are blackish.

Distribution

This species can be found in India.

References

  1. ^ "Taxon profile". BioLib. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. Bourdon, Philippe. "Sternocera sternicornis". Coleoptera Atlas. Coleoptera-Atlas. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species". Entomologie Heute. 23: 183–215.
  4. Sir William Jardine (1835). The naturalist's library. W.H. Lizars. pp. 156–.
  5. "Sternocera sternicornis". Insect Life Forms. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Sternocera sternicornis
Buprestis sternicornis


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