Stigmodera Explained

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.^[1]

Species include:^[2]

• 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

External links

• Gigli, M. Australia: Land of Stigmodera

Notes and References

1. Hołyński, R. B. (2008). A new species of New Guinean Stigmodera Esch. and remarks on Pseudhyperantha Snd. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Opole Scientific Society Nature Journal 41 43-48.
2. Web site: Genus Stigmodera . Bellamy, C. L. . 2013 . A Checklist of World Buprestoidea . 7 Sep 2021.