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Polycesta
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Polycesta

Polycesta is a widespread genus of jewel beetles (family Buprestidae) in the subfamily Polycestinae, containing the following species:

Subgenera have been proposed as follows:

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25 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Desert-dwelling Polycesta

speciesPolycesta aruensis

Polycesta californica

speciesPolycesta californica

Southern Plains Polycesta

speciesPolycesta elata

Polycesta costata

speciesPolycesta costata

Polycesta goryi

speciesPolycesta goryi

Sky Island Polycesta

speciesPolycesta arizonica

Polycesta depressa

speciesPolycesta depressa

Polycesta angulosa

speciesPolycesta angulosa

Polycesta bilyi

speciesPolycesta bilyi

Polycesta hageni

speciesPolycesta hageni

Polycesta aequinoxialis

speciesPolycesta aequinoxialis

Polycesta cyanipes

speciesPolycesta cyanipes

Polycesta excavata

speciesPolycesta excavata

Polycesta tularensis

speciesPolycesta tularensis

Polycesta daira

speciesPolycesta daira

Polycesta mastersii

speciesPolycesta mastersii

Polycesta barri

speciesPolycesta barri

Polycesta fossulata

speciesPolycesta fossulata

Polycesta constrictum

speciesPolycesta constrictum

Polycesta embriki

speciesPolycesta embriki

Polycesta velasco

speciesPolycesta velasco

Polycesta cazieri

speciesPolycesta cazieri

Polycesta crypta

speciesPolycesta crypta

Polycesta cyanea

speciesPolycesta cyanea

Polycesta flavomaculata

speciesPolycesta flavomaculata

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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 253028.