''Sponsor'' 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 ...

. It belongs within the tribe Paratrachyini within the subfamily

Polycestinae Polycestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: known as "jewel beetles". Tribes and Genera The following genera are included: Acmaeoderini Authority: Kerremans, 1893 ;subtribe Acmaeoderina Kerremans, 1893 * '' Acmaeodera'' ...

., and contains the following species: * '' Sponsor aeneiventris'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor aeneolus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor aeneus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Sponsor alluaudi'' Kerremans, 1894 * '' Sponsor ambiguus'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor androyensis'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor antamponensis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor antanala'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor antelmei'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor anthracinus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor antsihanaka'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor ater'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor auribasis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor betsimisaraka'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor bicolor'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor burgeoni'' Théry in Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor caerulescens'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Sponsor calo'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor carbonarius'' Théry, 1905 * '' Sponsor cariei'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor chalceus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor chalybaeus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor cobosi'' Bellamy, 1998 * '' Sponsor convexus'' Gory & Laporte, 1839 * '' Sponsor cupreoviolaceus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor cupreoviridis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor cupripennis'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor cyaneus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor cyanipennis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor deplanatus'' (Théry, 1905) * '' Sponsor dermestoides'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor desjardinsii'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Sponsor dissimilis'' Théry, 1931 * '' Sponsor distinctus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor elegans'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor elongatus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor emmaae'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor emmerezi'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor epicureus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor epistomalis'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor fulgens'' Fairmaire, 1899 * '' Sponsor fusiformis'' Lesne, 1924 * '' Sponsor gagates'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor gemmatus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor gianassoi'' Novak, 2002 * '' Sponsor grandis'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor granulicollis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor gyrinoides'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor ignipennis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor indicus'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor irideus'' Kerremans, 1902 * '' Sponsor janthinus'' (Fairmaire, 1886) * '' Sponsor kerremansi'' (Théry, 1905) * '' Sponsor lepidus'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor lesnei'' Théry, 1931 * '' Sponsor livens'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor macfadyeni'' Bellamy, 2004 * '' Sponsor malartici'' Lesne, 1922 * '' Sponsor mameti'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor mandraranus'' Lesne, 1924 * '' Sponsor marcsikae'' Holynski, 1997 * '' Sponsor melanopus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor metallinus'' (Fairmaire, 1900) * '' Sponsor mirabilis'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor montanus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor monticola'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor montivagus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor niger'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor nigricollis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor nigroaeneus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor nigrocyaneus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor oblongus'' Kerremans, 1902 * '' Sponsor parilis'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor parvulus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Sponsor perrieri'' (Fairmaire, 1902) * '' Sponsor pexipennis'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor peyrierasi'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor picea'' (Fisher, 1922) * '' Sponsor pilosellus'' Kerremans, 1914 * '' Sponsor pinguis'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Sponsor pseudelongatus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor pseudepistomalis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor pubescens'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor pulcher'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor pupa'' Lesne, 1924 * '' Sponsor purpureipennis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor pygmaeus'' Lesne, 1922 * '' Sponsor raffrayi'' Théry, 1931 * '' Sponsor reunionensis'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor rodriganus'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor rufipes'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor rufitarsis'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor rutilans'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor satanas'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor semistrigosus'' (Fairmaire, 1902) * '' Sponsor senescens'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor senilis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor sericeus'' (Kerremans, 1894) * '' Sponsor setosulus'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor seyrigi'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor similis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor somaliensis'' Holm & Wentzel, 1991 * '' Sponsor splendens'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840 * '' Sponsor subparallelus'' Lesne, 1918 * '' Sponsor succinicola'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor theryi'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor tristis'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor vadoni'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor vadonianus'' Descarpentries, 1957 * '' Sponsor vetustus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor viduus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor viettei'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor vieui'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor villosus'' Lesne, 1922 * '' Sponsor vinsoni'' Lesne, 1937 * '' Sponsor violaceipennis'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor violaceus'' (Fairmaire, 1903) * '' Sponsor viridiaenus'' Descarpentries, 1969 * '' Sponsor viridiauratus'' Descarpentries, 1965 * '' Sponsor viridicoerulans'' Descarpentries, 1965

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4049955 Buprestidae genera