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,E. Holm og L.M. Wentzel (1991) Revision of the African species of Sponsor Castelnau & Gory (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Ptosimini) . Journal of the entomological Society of South Africa 54: 51-59.), Madagaskar og Sørøst-Asia (de øvrige).
Systematisk inndeling
Inndelingen følger insectoid.infoinsectoid.info - Polycestinae .
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
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Kategori:Praktbiller Kategori:Biller formelt beskrevet i 1839