Genus POLYCESTA Dejean 1833 [Biogeographical Regions AFR AUS NEA NEO ]
Polycesta Dejean 1833:78.
    Type species: Buprestis porcata Fabricius 1775 (fixed by monotypy).
Lycaste Gistel 1834:10.
    Type species: Buprestis porcata Fabricius 1775 (fixed by monotypy).
   subgenus POLYCESTA Dejean 1833
   subgenus ARIZONICA Nelson 1997
Polycesta (Arizonica) Nelson 1997b:318.
    Type species: Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer 1906 (teste absolute tautonymy: Nelson 1997b).
   subgenus JAMAIQUESIA Cobos 1981
Polycesta (Jamaiquesia) Cobos 1981b:66.
    Type species: Buprestis cyanipes Fabricius 1787 (fixed by monotypy).
   subgenus NELSONELLA Cobos 1981
Polycesta (Nelsonella) Cobos 1981b:64.
    Type species: Polycesta flavomaculata Nelson 1960 (fixed by monotypy).
   subgenus NEMAPHORUS Solier 1849
Nemaphorus Solier 1849:490.
    Type species: Nemaphorus costata Solier 1849 (fixed by original designation).
   subgenus TULARENSIA Nelson 1997
Polycesta (Tularensia) Nelson 1997b:318.
    Type species: Polycesta tularensis Chamberlin 1938 (fixed by original designation).

aequinoxialis Thomson 1878b:43.
aethiops (Voet) 1806:95 (Buprestis).
afghanica Volkovitsh in Alexeev, et al. 1990:70.
alternans Waterhouse 1904a:256.
angulosa Jacqueline du Val 1857:62.
        syn. obtusa LeConte 1858b:68.
        syn. excavata Kerremans 1906c:513.
arizonica Schaeffer 1906:21.
    ssp. acidota Cazier 1951b:28.
aruensis Obenberger 1924c:100.
        syn. californica Ménétriés in Motschulsky 1859:180.
        syn. deserticola Barr 1974:6. d
bahamensis Moore & Diéguez 2008:16.
bicolor Kerremans 1897a:39.
        syn. camposi Fisher 1949:327.
bilyi Cobos 1990a:278.
brunneipennis Fisher 1949:329.
californica LeConte 1857b:45.
        syn. cribrana Motschulsky 1859:182.
        syn. bernardensis Obenberger 1924g:35.
cazieri Barr 1949:36. c
constrictinotum Westcott 1998a:21.
cortezii Thomson 1878b:45.
costata (Solier) 1849:491 (Nemaphorus).
        syn. carnifex (Germain) 1856:390 (Nemaphorus).
        syn. rubropicta Fairmaire 1856a:484.
    ssp. paulseni Germain 1892:243.
crypta Barr 1949:32. c
cubae Chevrolat 1838a:55.
cuprofasciata Moore & Diéguez 2008:17.
cyanea Chamberlin 1933:41. c
cyanipes (Fabricius) 1787:178 (Buprestis).
        syn. resplendens Thomson 1878b:45.
decorata Moore & Diéguez 2008:14.
depressa (Linnaeus) 1771:533 (Buprestis).
        syn. porcata (Herbst) 1801:34 (Buprestis).
        syn. karakera Chevrolat 1838a:54.
dominicana Cobos 1990a:281.
elata LeConte 1858b:68.
        syn. cavata LeConte 1858b:68.
embriki Obenberger 1936u:104.
excavata Blanchard 1846:149.
       syn. episcopalis Cobos 1990a:49.
fisheri Obenberger 1936u:105.
flavomaculata Nelson 1960b:30. f
fossulata (Péringuey) 1886:108 (Acmaeodera).
garcetei Moore & Diéguez 2008:14.
goryi Saunders 1871:58.
        syn. cribrata Thomson 1878b:44.
        syn. solieri Thomson 1878b:44.
        syn. abdita Barr 1949:17.
gossei Waterhouse 1904a:257.
guanacastensis Moore & Diéguez 2008:15.
hageni Barr 1949:30. h
hermani Cobos 1981b:69.
insulana Fisher 1930c:125.
iranica (Obenberger) 1923d:14 (Pseudocastalia).
mastersii Macleay 1872:246.
montezuma Gory & Laporte 1838:4.
        syn. brasiliensis Gory & Laporte 1838:5.
olivieri Waterhouse 1904a:255.
        syn. depressa (Olivier) 1790a:39 (Buprestis).
perfecta Kerremans 1914a:257.
peringueyi Kerremans 1909d:590.
perlucida Kerremans 1897a:38.
plana Nelson 2000b:263.
porcata (Fabricius) 1775:219 (Buprestis).
        syn. chevrolati Thomson 1878b:43.
regularis Waterhouse 1904a:256.
strandi Obenberger 1928l:82.
tamarugalis Moore & Diéguez 2008:9.
thomae Chevrolat 1838a:55.
tonkinea Fairmaire 1889b:345.
tularensis Chamberlin 1938:445. t
        syn. cyaneous Chamberlin 1933:41. c
variegata Waterhouse 1904a:258.
velasco Gory & Laporte 1838:5.
viridicostata Neef de Sainval 1998b:557.