Sponsor (slekt)

Sponsor er en slekt av biller som hører til familien praktbiller (Buprestidae).


== Utseende ==
Små (3-9 millimeter), litt flate, mørkfargede praktbiller, uten eller med noe matt metallglans, eller skinnende metalliske. Kroppen er fint og tett hårete.


== Levevis ==
De voksne billene besøker gjerne blomster.


== Utbredelse ==
Slekten er utbredt i Afrika (5 arter,), Madagaskar og Sørøst-Asia (de øvrige).


== Systematisk inndeling ==
Inndelingen følger insectoid.info. 

Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
Underordenen Polyphaga
Overfamilien praktbiller, Buprestoidea
Familien praktbiller, Buprestidae
Underfamilien Polycestinae Lacordaire, 1857
Stammen Paratrachydini Cobos, 1980
Slekten Sponsor Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1839 - 120 arter


=== Liste over artene ===
Sponsor aeneiventris Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor aeneolus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor aeneus Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Sponsor alluaudi Kerremans, 1894
Sponsor ambiguus Lesne, 1937
Sponsor androyensis Lesne, 1937
Sponsor antamponensis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor antanala Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor antelmei Lesne, 1918
Sponsor anthracinus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor antsihanaka Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor ater Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor auribasis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor betsimisaraka Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor bicolor Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor burgeoni Théry in Lesne, 1937
Sponsor caerulescens Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Sponsor calo Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor carbonarius Théry, 1905
Sponsor cariei Lesne, 1918
Sponsor chalceus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor chalybaeus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor cobosi Bellamy, 1998
Sponsor convexus Gory & Laporte, 1839
Sponsor cupreoviolaceus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor cupreoviridis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor cupripennis Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor cyaneus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor cyanipennis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor deplanatus (Théry, 1905)
Sponsor dermestoides Lesne, 1918
Sponsor desjardinsii Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Sponsor dissimilis Théry, 1931
Sponsor distinctus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor elegans Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor elongatus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor emmaae Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor emmerezi Lesne, 1918
Sponsor epicureus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor epistomalis Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor fulgens Fairmaire, 1899
Sponsor fusiformis Lesne, 1924
Sponsor gagates Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor gemmatus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor gianassoi Novak, 2002
Sponsor grandis Lesne, 1937
Sponsor granulicollis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor gyrinoides Lesne, 1918
Sponsor ignipennis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor indicus Lesne, 1937
Sponsor irideus Kerremans, 1902
Sponsor janthinus (Fairmaire, 1886)
Sponsor kerremansi (Théry, 1905)
Sponsor lepidus Lesne, 1918
Sponsor lesnei Théry, 1931
Sponsor livens Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor macfadyeni Bellamy, 2004
Sponsor malartici Lesne, 1922
Sponsor mameti Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor mandraranus Lesne, 1924
Sponsor marcsikae Holynski, 1997
Sponsor melanopus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor metallinus (Fairmaire, 1900)
Sponsor mirabilis Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor montanus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor monticola Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor montivagus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor niger Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor nigricollis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor nigroaeneus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor nigrocyaneus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor oblongus Kerremans, 1902
Sponsor parilis Lesne, 1937
Sponsor parvulus Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Sponsor perrieri (Fairmaire, 1902)
Sponsor pexipennis Lesne, 1937
Sponsor peyrierasi Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor picea (Fisher, 1922)
Sponsor pilosellus Kerremans, 1914
Sponsor pinguis Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Sponsor pseudelongatus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor pseudepistomalis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor pubescens Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor pulcher Lesne, 1937
Sponsor pupa Lesne, 1924
Sponsor purpureipennis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor pygmaeus Lesne, 1922
Sponsor raffrayi Théry, 1931
Sponsor reunionensis Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor rodriganus Lesne, 1918
Sponsor rufipes Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor rufitarsis Lesne, 1918
Sponsor rutilans Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor satanas Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor semistrigosus (Fairmaire, 1902)
Sponsor senescens Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor senilis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor sericeus (Kerremans, 1894)
Sponsor setosulus Lesne, 1937
Sponsor seyrigi Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor similis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor somaliensis Holm & Wentzel, 1991
Sponsor splendens Guérin-Méneville, 1840
Sponsor subparallelus Lesne, 1918
Sponsor succinicola Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor theryi Lesne, 1937
Sponsor tristis Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor vadoni Lesne, 1937
Sponsor vadonianus Descarpentries, 1957
Sponsor vetustus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor viduus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor viettei Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor vieui Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor villosus Lesne, 1922
Sponsor vinsoni Lesne, 1937
Sponsor violaceipennis Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor violaceus (Fairmaire, 1903)
Sponsor viridiaenus Descarpentries, 1969
Sponsor viridiauratus Descarpentries, 1965
Sponsor viridicoerulans Descarpentries, 1965


== Referanser ==


== Kilder ==
Jewel Beetles of the World - Polycestinae


== Eksterne lenker ==
(en) Sponsor i Global Biodiversity Information Facility 
Sponsor – detaljert informasjon på Wikispecies 
Bilde av Sponsor giannassoi
Bilde av Sponsor fulgens