Sternocera hildebrandti

Sternocera hildebrandti is a species of beetles belonging to the Buprestidae family.^[1] The elytra of the brown to red brown jewel beetles show a medium reflectance in the near-infrared.^[2] The elytra are very hard and have been used by the Wataita as clattering earrings for special ceremonies.^[3][4][5] The species was named in honor of Johann Maria Hildebrandt by his father.^[6]

Sternocera hildebrandti
Jewel Beetle (Sternocera hildebrandti)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Sternocera
Species:	S. hildebrandti
Binomial name
Sternocera hildebrandti Harold, 1878

Distribution

This species can be found in East Africa from Ethiopia to the south of Tanzania for example in akazia trees.^[7]