List of the described species and subspecies
* '' Poecilopharis allardi'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis allardi tannaensis'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis angulicollis'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis angulicollis penicillata'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis antonei'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis aruana'' (Wallace, 1867) * '' Poecilopharis bimaculata'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis bouruensis'' (Wallace, 1867) * '' Poecilopharis bouruensis laevipennis'' Ritsema, 1881 * '' Poecilopharis curtisi'' Waterhouse, 1884 * '' Poecilopharis dechambrei'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis emilia'' (White, 1856) * '' Poecilopharis femorata'' Waterhouse, 1894 * '' Poecilopharis flavens'' Heller, 1916 * '' Poecilopharis fromentae'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis gressitti'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis kerleyi'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis lachaumei'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis laeviclypeata'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis leai'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis minuta'' Moser, 1901 * '' Poecilopharis moana'' Moser, 1908 * '' Poecilopharis morrisi'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis poggii'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis poggii flyensis'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis porioni'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis quadrimaculata'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis rufofemorata'' Heller, 1916 * '' Poecilopharis ruteri'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis samuelsoni'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis schochi'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis schochi buloloensis'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis schochi lufaensis'' Allard, 1995 * '' Poecilopharis speiseri'' Heller, 1916 * '' Poecilopharis truncatipennis'' (Ritsema, 1881) * '' Poecilopharis uniformis'' Waterhouse, 1884 * '' Poecilopharis uniformis makiraensis'' Rigout, 1997 * '' Poecilopharis valcklucasseni'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis wallacei'' Schürhoff, 1936 * '' Poecilopharis whitei'' (J. Thomson, 1860) * '' Poecilopharis woodfordi'' Waterhouse, 1887 * '' Poecilopharis woodfordi bukaensis'' Rigout, 1997Details of the species and subspecies
* ''Poecilopharis allardi'' Rigout, 1997 The insect from the island of Erromango, New Hebrides. A large coppery species recalling ''emilia'', but of a more stocky stature. Paramers resembling those of ''samuelsoni''. The type specimen is in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. * ''Poecilopharis allardi tannaensis'' Rigout, 1997 The insect from the Tanna island, smaller and more bluish. The type specimen is in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. * ''Poecilopharis angulicollis'' Schürhoff, 1936 The insect is chocolate colour, West Papua. * ''Poecilopharis angulicollis penicillata'' Schürhoff, 1936 Smaller with a very weak elytral punctation from the Madang region. * ''Poecilopharis antoinei'' Allard, 1995 Shiny dark green, orange marks reduced. From Nissan island. The type specimen is in the Allard's collection. * ''Poecilopharis aruana'' (Wallace), 1867 Described as ''Schizorhina aruana'', close to ''leai'', but slimmer, the punctation lines are more parallel. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis bimaculata'' Schürhoff, 1936 Insect from New Britain, very small, shiny, dark, with yellowish marks. * ''Poecilopharis buruensis'' (Wallace), 1867 Described as ''Schizorhina buruensis'', this insect from the eastern part of the Buru island is dark, shiny, olive green with a few residual yellow dots. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis buruensis laevipennis'' Ritsema, 181 From the western part of the Buru island, the insect is metallic golden green, the orange marks almost totally absent. * ''Poecilopharis curtisi'' Waterhouse, 1884 From the Larat island, a species with no punctation and of metallic green colour with copper red brilliance. * ''Poecilopharis dechambrei'' Allard, 1995 Shiny dark green, weak elytral punctation. From the New Hebrid (no more precise location). The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis emilia'' (White), 1856 Described as ''Schizorhina emilia'', an insect from the Anatom island, in the New Hebrides, small with a shiny greenish black colour, covered with regular orange patterns. * ''Poecilopharis femorata'' Waterhouse, 1894 From the Arfak region, West Papua. Uniform dark green, legs copper red. * ''Poecilopharis flavens'' Heller, 1916 From the Vaté island, New Hebrides. Orange ground colour with greenish brown marks. * ''Poecilopharis fromentae'' Rigout, 1997 The insect from the island of Ghanongga, Solomon islands. Cohabiting with ''uniformis'' with the two external teeth of the tibia close together and some differences in the paramers. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis gressitti'' Rigout, 1997 The insect from the Nggela island, Solomon islands. Close to ''woodfordi'' but less elongated, the patterns less clear and some differences in the paramers. The type specimen is in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. * ''Poecilopharis gressitti'' ssp. From the Choiseul island, has an unusual ending of the aedeagus. * ''Poecilopharis kerleyi'' Allard, 1995 Shiny, sparkling green, weak elytral orange maculation. From Guadalcanal, in the Solomon islands. The type specimen is in the British Museum. * ''Poecilopharis lachaumei'' Allard, 1995 A small, black species with very small orange marks, living in the Rossel island. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis laeviclypeata'' Schürhoff, 1936 Close to ''moana'', the edges of the elytral suture even less marked. The type specimen come from "Namanumi, Fleet island" (?). * ''Poecilopharis leai'' Schürhoff, 1936 The Australian insect from N. Queensland. It has double marginal band on the pronotum and a strong elytral punctation. * ''Poecilopharis minuta'' Moser, 1901 A very small species from the Larat island with a strong elytral punctation. * ''Poecilopharis moana'' Moser, 1908 From the Moa island, copper green with an orange maculation. * ''Poecilopharis morrisi'' Allard, 1995 A species from E. Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ground colour olive black and a fine punctation. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis poggii'' Allard, 1995 A species from the Yapen island. Small, shiny dark brown species with weak punctation. The type specimen is in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Italy. * ''Poecilopharis poggii flyensis'' Rigout, 1997 A subspecies from the Fly river, Western Prov., Papua New Guinea. Much more coloured in appearance, with a much wider spatula. The type specimen is in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. * ''Poecilopharis poggii '' ssp. The specimens from Madang have a similar spatula but the protibial teeth very tapering. * ''Poecilopharis porioni'' Allard, 1995 Green colour with gold and reddish reflections, weak orange maculation. From Rotuma (North of the Fiji islands). The type specimen is in the British Museum. * ''Poecilopharis quadrimaculata'' Schürhoff, 1936 The species from New Ireland with a bronze colour and yellowish marks. * ''Poecilopharis rufofemorata'' Heller, 1916 From the New Hebrides: Spiritu Santo and Malekula islands. A large species with extended yellow marks on a dark mauve background. * ''Poecilopharis ruteri'' Allard, 1995 A species from Halmaera which makes the transition to the ''Anacamptorrhina'', the tip of the clypeus being strongly indented. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis samuelsoni'' Rigout, 1997 The insect from the Banks island, New Hebrides. Shiny blue green colour and general appearance different from the other currently known ''Poecilopharis''. The type specimen is in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and was dedicated to the great entomologist Dr. G. Allan Samuelson. * ''Poecilopharis schochi'' Schürhoff, 1936 This is the species named ''aruana'' by Schoch in 1896. It comes from the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The yellow patterns are of variable size. * ''Poecilopharis schochi buloloensis'' Allard, 1995 From a place close to Bulolo, an insect usually small, with a very extensive orange maculation. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis schochi lufaensis'' Allard, 1995 A subspecies (or a true species) from Lufa, East Highlands Province, small size, chocolate colour with confluent yellow maculation. The type specimen is in the Paris Museum. * ''Poecilopharis speiseri'' Heller, 1916 From the New Hebrides: Banks islands. A large species with a shiny light brown ground colour. * ''Poecilopharis truncatipennis'' (Ritsema), 1881 Described as ''Schizorhina truncatipennis'', an insect from the Key island, with orange maculation in a black ground colour. * ''Poecilopharis uniformis'' Waterhouse, 1887 This is the insect from the south of the Solomon archipelago, almost a uniform dark green, the pronotum very little punctate. * ''Poecilopharis uniformis makiraensis'' Rigout, 1897 The subspecies from the island of San Cristobal (now Makira), Solomon Islands. Uniform green colour with bright copper reflections. The type specimen is in the British Museum. * ''Poecilopharis uniformis'' ssp. In the island of Ghizzo the specimens have a strong pronotal punctations. Same specimens exist also at the neighbouring island of Ganonggha. * ''Poecilopharis valcklucasseni'' Schürhoff, 1936 This is the species from the Batjan island. The general appearance is dark copper red. * ''Poecilopharis whitei'' (J. Thomson), 1860 Described as ''Schizorhina whitei'', an insect from the Aru and Key islands, with a shiny blue green colour. * ''Poecilopharis woodfordi'' Waterhouse, 1887 The insect from the small island south of Bougainville is dark green with very few orange markings. * ''Poecilopharis woodfordi bukaensis'' Rigout, 1997 The specimens from Bougainville are strongly marked with orange, those from the island of Buka even having bronze reflections. The details of the paramers and of the first tibia have been published in the volume 25 of The Beetles of the World, together with a general distribution map.References
* 1. Allard (V.), 1995, The Beetles of the World, volume 23, Sciences Nat,