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Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan

Stigmodera sanguinosa

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The species Stigmodera sanguinosa (in the family Buprestidae), are native beetles that are part of the group that are commonly known as “Jewel Beetles”.

It is a large genus that some authors have divided into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making Stigmodera a genus of some 550 species, with most being native to Australia and a few occurring in New Guinea.

Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan
Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan
Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan
Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan
Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan
Stigmodera sanguinosa (family Buprestidae), north of Perth WA © Joshua Gan

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Subfamily: Buprestinae
  • Tribe: Stigmoderini
  • Subtribe Stigmoderina
  • Genus: Stigmodera
  • Species: Stigmodera sanguinosa

Footnote & References

  1. Stigmodera sanguinosa © Joshua Gan, Australasian Beetles Only (Facebook group)
  2. Stigmodera sanguinosa Hope, 1846, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Stigmodera sanguinosa
  3. Genus Stigmodera, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/333300-Stigmodera
  4. Jewel beetles from the genus Stigmodera, Western Australian Museum, https://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/high-res/jewel-beetles-genus-stigmodera

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