Sponsor (beetle)

Sponsor is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae. It belongs within the tribe Paratrachyini within the subfamily Polycestinae, and contains the following species:


 * 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