# Polycesta crypta

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***Polycesta crypta*** is a species of [metallic wood-boring beetle](/source/Metallic_wood-boring_beetle) in the family [Buprestidae](/source/Buprestidae). It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

## References

1. ["*Polycesta crypta* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=809021). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

1. ["*Polycesta crypta*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/6003567). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

1. ["*Polycesta crypta* species Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/160479). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

## Further reading

- Bellamy, C.L. (2013). ["The world of jewel beetles"](http://cerambycids.com/buprestidae/). Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters Jr., George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). *A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico*. Special Publication No. 4. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0972608787.
- Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) (2006). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea*. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.

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