A Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Madagascar and adjacent oceanic islands

Tribe POLYCESTINI Lacordaire, 1857
    Polycestides (Buprestides vrais, Group III) Lacordaire 1857:61
    Polycestini Kerremans 1902:15.


Genus PARACASTALIA Kerremans, 1902
    Paracastalia Kerremans 1902:22.
        Type species: Polycesta plagiata Kerremans (subsequent designation: Cobos 1981b:28).

gebhardti (Hoschek) 1931a:133 (Neopolycesta).
        Distribution: Madagascar
        Type: NHMB


Genus PARAPOLYCESTA Cobos, 1981
    Parapolycesta Cobos 1981b:38.
        Type species: Pseudocastalia cobosi Descarpentries (original designation).

cobosi (Descarpentries) 1975b:270 (Pseudocastalia).
        Distribution: Madagascar
        Type: MNHN


Genus MADECASTALIA Descarpentries, 1975
    Madecastalia Descarpentries 1975b:268.
        Type species: Madecastalia albignaci Descarpentries (original designation).

albignaci Descarpentries 1975b:269.
        Distribution: Madagascar: forêt d’Analabe, près de Morondava
        Type: MNHN


Genus PSEUDOPOLYCESTA Cobos, 1981
    Pseudopolycesta Cobos 1981b:57.
        Type species: Polycesta tigrina Desmarest (original designation).

tigrina (Gory & Laporte) 1838:6 (Polycesta).
        Distribution: Madagascar
        Type: MNHN
        syn. goryi Thomson 1878b:45 (Polycesta).
        Type: MNHN


Genus ALDABRICA Cobos, 1981
    Aldabrica Cobos 1981b:74.
        Type species: Pseudocastalia fryeri Kerremans (original designation)

fryeri (Kerremans) 1914d:377 (Pseudocastalia).
        Distribution: AFR Aldabra Is.
        Type: BMNH


Genus MICROPOLYCESTA Cobos, 1981
    Micropolycesta Cobos 1981b:76.
        Type species: Neopolycesta sirgueyi Théry (original designation).

sirgueyi (Théry) 1926:123 (Neopolycesta).
        Distribution: Madagascar: Centre, Antananarivo
        Type: MNHN


Genus CASTALIELLA Cobos, 1981
    Castaliella Cobos 1981b:81.
        Type species: Polycesta laesicollis Fairmaire (original designation).

laesicollis (Fairmaire) 1902a:79 (Polycesta).
        Distribution: Madagascar: Bassin du Mandraré, Ampasimpolaka; Angola Botswana South Africa Zimbabwe
        Type: MNHN
        syn. peringueyi (Kerremans) 1906a:452 (Pseudocastalia).
        Type: MNHN


Genus POLYCESTAXIA Cobos, 1981
    Polycestaxia Cobos 1981b:83.
        Type species: Polycesta hovas Kerremans (original designation).

howas (Kerremans) 1894:348 (Polycesta).
        Distribution: Madagascar: Diégo-Suarez
        Type: BMNH


Genus MADECACESTA Descarpentries, 1975
    Madecacesta Descarpentries 1975b:266.
        Type species: Madecacesta gaudroni Descarpentries (original designation).

gaudroni Descarpentries 1975b:266.
        Distribution: Madagascar: Sud-Est, district de Vondrozo, Vondrozo
        Type: MNHN