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
* 
* Bilde av ''Sponsor giannassoi''
* Bilde av ''Sponsor fulgens''