''Stigmodera'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
, the jewel beetles. It is a large genus that some authors divide into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making ''Stigmodera'' a genus of some 550 species. Most are native to
Australia
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and a few occur in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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It is a simplified version of ...
.
Species include:
* ''
Stigmodera cancellata''
(Donovan, 1805)
* ''
Stigmodera gratiosa
''Stigmodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. It is a large genus that some authors divide into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making ''Stigmodera'' a genus of some 550 species. Most are na ...
''
Chevrolat, 1843
* ''
Stigmodera hyperboreus''
(Heer, 1870)
* ''
Stigmodera jacquinotii''
(Boisduval, 1835)
* ''
Stigmodera macularia''
(Donovan, 1805)
* ''
Stigmodera porosa''
Carter, 1916
* ''
Stigmodera roei
''Stigmodera'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. It is a large genus that some authors divide into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making ''Stigmodera'' a genus of some 550 species. Most are na ...
''
Saunders, 1868
* ''
Stigmodera sanguinosa''
Hope, 1846
References
External links
*Gigli, M
Australia: Land of ''Stigmodera''
Buprestidae genera
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