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Stigmodera
Sign in to saveStigmodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. It is a large genus that some authors divide into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making Stigmodera a genus of some 550 species. Most are native to Australia and a few occur in New Guinea.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 167
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Buprestidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Stigmodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. It is a large genus that some authors divide into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making Stigmodera a genus of some 550 species. Most are native to Australia and a few occur in New Guinea.
Species include: Stigmodera cancellata (Donovan, 1805) Stigmodera gratiosa Chevrolat, 1843 Stigmodera hyperboreus (Heer, 1870) Stigmodera jacquinotii (Boisduval, 1835) Stigmodera macularia (Donovan, 1805) Stigmodera porosa Carter, 1916 Stigmodera roei Saunders, 1868 Stigmodera sanguinosa Hope, 1846
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stigmodera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.