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Polycestini
Polycestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae: known as "jewel beetles".
13 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Polycesta
genusPolycesta

Strigoptera
genusStrigoptera

Pseudocastalia
genusPseudocastalia

Cobosella
genusCobosella

Thurntaxisia
genusThurntaxisia

Strigopteroides
genusStrigopteroides

Polycestina
genusPolycestina

Paracastalia
genusParacastalia

Madecacesta
genusMadecacesta

Madecastalia
genusMadecastalia
Neopolycesta
genusNeopolycesta
Bilyesta
genusBilyesta
Cobosesta
genusCobosesta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1192202.