| Sternocera chrysis | |
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| Sternocera chrysis var. crysodioides. Mounted specimen. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Sternocera |
| Species: | S. chrysis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sternocera chrysis (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Sternocera chrysis is a species of beetles belonging to the Buprestidae family. [1] It has a dark reddish elytra and dark pronotum. [2]
The basic color of the elytra is coppery-brown, while pronotum is usually metallic green.
This species can be found in India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Beluchistan, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China. [3]
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Sternocera is a genus of jewel beetles belonging to the Julodinae subfamily.
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Sulcophanaeus is a genus of dung beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. Most species in this genus are from tropical and subtropical South America, but a few are found in Central America and Mexico, and S. carnifex is from Jamaica. Sulcophanaeus are mostly coprophagous, but some are also necrophagous. They are paracoprids, meaning that adults dig tunnels into the soil under the food source and move parts of the food source to a nest chamber where the eggs are laid, and their activity pattern varies depending on species.
Taeniotes farinosus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, originally under the genus Cerambyx.
Sternocera ruficornis is a species of beetle belonging to the Buprestidae family. Its bright metallic green elytra are frequently used in jewellery making.
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Onthophagus ceylonicus, is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Porrorhynchus indicans, is a species of whirligig beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Selasia apicalis, is a species of false firefly beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Cybister tripunctatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Italy, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Europe.
Neptosternus starmuehlneri, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Sri Lanka.
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