The Polycestina of North America (north of Mexico)

POLYCESTINAE Lacordaire, 1857
  POLYCESTINI Kerremans, 1902
    POLYCESTINA Théry, 1928

Genus Polycesta Serville in Dejean, 1833
    Polycesta Serville in Dejean, 1833: 78
        Type species: Buprestis depressa Linnaeus
    Lycaste Gistl, 1834: 10.
        Type species: Buprestis porcata Fabricius
subgenus Polycesta Serville in Dejean, 1833
angulosa Jacqueline du Val 1857: 62 - Florida
    syn. excavata Kerremans 1906: 513
    syn. obtusa LeConte 1858: 68 (part)
goryi Saunders 1871: 58 (nom. nov. for depressus Fabricius)
    syn. cribrata Thomson 1878: 44
    syn. solieri Thomson 1878: 44
    syn. velasco Wickham 1895: 294
    syn. abdita Barr 1949: 17
velasco Gory & Laporte 1838: 5 - Texas

subgenus Arizonica Nelson, 1997
    Polycesta (Arizonica) Nelson, 1997: 318
        Type species: Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer
arizonica Schaeffer 1906: 21 - Arizona, California
aruensis Obenberger 1924: 100 - Arizona, California
    syn. deserticola Barr 1974: 6
    syn. californica Ménétries in Motschulsky 1859: 180
    syn. velasco Auctorum

subgenus Nelsonella Cobos, 1981
    Polycesta (Nelsonella) Cobos, 1981: 64
       Type species: Polycesta flavomaculata Nelson
flavomaculata Nelson 1960: 30 - California

subgenus Tularensia Nelson, 1997
    Polycesta (Tularensia) Nelson, 1997: 318
        Type species: Polycesta tularensis Chamberlin
californica LeConte 1857: 45 - California, Oregon
    syn. cribrana Motschulsky 1859: 182
    syn. bernardensis Obenberger 1924: 35 (ssp. californica)
cazieri Barr 1949: 36 - California
crypta Barr 1949: 32 - California
cyanea Chamberlin 1933: 41 - California
elata LeConte 1858: 68 - Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas
    syn. cavata LeConte 1858: 68
    syn. obtusa LeConte 1858: 68 (part)
hageni Barr 1949: 30 - California
tularensis Chamberlin 1938: 445 - California

Last revisions:
Barr, W. F. 1949. A revision of the species of the genus Polycesta occurring in the United States (Coleoptera, Buprestidae).
    American Museum Novitates 1432:1-42.
Cobos, A. 1980. Ensayo sobre los géneros de la subfamilia Polycestinae (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) (Parte I). EOS, Revista
    Española de Entomologia 54(1978):15-94.
Cobos, A. 1981b. Ensayo sobre los géneros de la subfamilia Polycestinae (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) (Parte II). EOS, Revista
    Española de Entomologia 55-56(1979-1980):23-94.