Polycesta

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

## Utseende
Små til middelsstore, mørke, vanligvis noe matte praktbiller. Oversiden kan være helt matt eller ha en avdempet, bronseaktig glans. Pronotum er forholdsvis bredt, kraftig punktert. Dekkvingene har opphøyde lengderibber.

## Levevis
De voksne billene besøker gjerne blomster.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er vidt utbredt i den Gamle verden.

## Systematisk inndeling

Inndelingen følger . 

* Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien praktbiller, Buprestoidea
**** Familien praktbiller, Buprestidae
***** Underfamilien **[[Polycestinae]]** Lacordaire, 1857
****** Stammen Polycestini Lacordaire, 1857
******* Slekten *Polycesta* Dejean, 1833
******** *[[Polycesta aequinoxialis]]* Thomson, 1878
******** *[[Polycesta aethiops]]* (Voet, 1806)
******** *[[Polycesta afghanica]]* Volkovitsh in Alexeev, et al., 1990
******** *[[Polycesta alternans]]* Waterhouse, 1904
******** *[[Polycesta angulosa]]* Jacqueline du Val, 1857
******** *[[Polycesta arizonica]]* Schaeffer, 1906
******** *[[Polycesta aruensis]]* Obenberger, 1924
******** *[[Polycesta bahamensis]]* Moore & Diéguez, 2008
******** *[[Polycesta bicolor]]* Kerremans, 1897
******** *[[Polycesta bilyi]]* Cobos, 1990
******** *[[Polycesta brunneipennis]]* Fisher, 1949
******** *[[Polycesta californica]]* LeConte, 1857
******** *[[Polycesta cazieri]]* Barr, 1949
******** *[[Polycesta constrictinotum]]* Westcott, 1998
******** *[[Polycesta cortezii]]* Thomson, 1878
******** *[[Polycesta costata]]* (Solier, 1849)
******** *[[Polycesta crypta]]* Barr, 1949
******** *[[Polycesta cubae]]* Chevrolat, 1838
******** *[[Polycesta cuprofasciata]]* Moore & Diéguez, 2008
******** *[[Polycesta cyanea]]* Chamberlin, 1933
******** *[[Polycesta cyanipes]]* (Fabricius, 1787)
******** *[[Polycesta decorata]]* Moore & Diéguez, 2008
******** *[[Polycesta depressa]]* (Linnaeus, 1771)
******** *[[Polycesta dominicana]]* Cobos, 1990
******** *[[Polycesta elata]]* LeConte, 1858
******** *[[Polycesta embriki]]* Obenberger, 1936
******** *[[Polycesta excavata]]* Blanchard, 1846
******** *[[Polycesta fisheri]]* Obenberger, 1936
******** *[[Polycesta flavomaculata]]* Nelson, 1960
******** *[[Polycesta fossulata]]* (Péringuey, 1886)
******** *[[Polycesta garcetei]]* Moore & Diéguez, 2008
******** *[[Polycesta goryi]]* Saunders, 1871
******** *[[Polycesta gossei]]* Waterhouse, 1904
******** *[[Polycesta guanacastensis]]* Moore & Diéguez, 2008
******** *[[Polycesta hageni]]* Barr, 1949
******** *[[Polycesta hermani]]* Cobos, 1981
******** *[[Polycesta insulana]]* Fisher, 1930
******** *[[Polycesta iranica]]* (Obenberger, 1923)
******** *[[Polycesta mastersii]]* Macleay, 1872
******** *[[Polycesta montezuma]]* Gory & Laporte, 1838
******** *[[Polycesta olivieri]]* Waterhouse, 1904
******** *[[Polycesta perfecta]]* Kerremans, 1914
******** *[[Polycesta peringueyi]]* Kerremans, 1909
******** *[[Polycesta perlucida]]* Kerremans, 1897
******** *[[Polycesta plana]]* Nelson, 2000
******** *[[Polycesta porcata]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
******** *[[Polycesta regularis]]* Waterhouse, 1904
******** *[[Polycesta strandi]]* Obenberger, 1928
******** *[[Polycesta tamarugalis]]* Moore & Diéguez, 2008
******** *[[Polycesta thomae]]* Chevrolat, 1838
******** *[[Polycesta tonkinea]]* Fairmaire, 1889
******** *[[Polycesta tularensis]]* Chamberlin, 1938
******** *[[Polycesta variegata]]* Waterhouse, 1904
******** *[[Polycesta velasco]]* Gory & Laporte, 1838
******** *[[Polycesta viridicostata]]* Neef de Sainval, 1998

## Referanser


## Kilder
* Jewel Beetles of the World - Polycestinae

## Eksterne lenker
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