Polycesta is a genus of "jewel beetles" in the subfamily Polycestinae, containing the following species:

• Polycesta aequinoxialis Thomson, 1878
• Polycesta aethiops (Voet, 1806)
• Polycesta afghanica Volkovitsh in Alexeev, et al., 1990
• Polycesta alternans Waterhouse, 1904
• Polycesta angulosa Jacqueline du Val, 1857
• Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer, 1906
• Polycesta aruensis Obenberger, 1924
• Polycesta bahamensis Moore & Diéguez, 2008
• Polycesta bicolor Kerremans, 1897
• Polycesta bilyi Cobos, 1990
• Polycesta brunneipennis Fisher, 1949
• Polycesta californica LeConte, 1857
• Polycesta cazieri Barr, 1949
• Polycesta constrictinotum Westcott, 1998
• Polycesta cortezii Thomson, 1878
• Polycesta costata (Solier, 1849)
• Polycesta crypta Barr, 1949
• Polycesta cubae Chevrolat, 1838
• Polycesta cuprofasciata Moore & Diéguez, 2008
• Polycesta cyanea Chamberlin, 1933
• Polycesta cyanipes (Fabricius, 1787)
• Polycesta decorata Moore & Diéguez, 2008
• Polycesta depressa (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Polycesta dominicana Cobos, 1990
• Polycesta elata LeConte, 1858
• Polycesta embriki Obenberger, 1936
• Polycesta excavata Blanchard, 1846
• Polycesta fisheri Obenberger, 1936
• Polycesta flavomaculata Nelson, 1960
• Polycesta fossulata (Péringuey, 1886)
• Polycesta garcetei Moore & Diéguez, 2008
• Polycesta goryi Saunders, 1871
• Polycesta gossei Waterhouse, 1904
• Polycesta guanacastensis Moore & Diéguez, 2008
• Polycesta hageni Barr, 1949
• Polycesta hermani Cobos, 1981
• Polycesta insulana Fisher, 1930
• Polycesta iranica (Obenberger, 1923)
• Polycesta mastersii Macleay, 1872
• Polycesta montezuma Gory & Laporte, 1838
• Polycesta olivieri Waterhouse, 1904
• Polycesta perfecta Kerremans, 1914
• Polycesta peringueyi Kerremans, 1909
• Polycesta perlucida Kerremans, 1897
• Polycesta plana Nelson, 2000
• Polycesta porcata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Polycesta regularis Waterhouse, 1904
• Polycesta strandi Obenberger, 1928
• Polycesta tamarugalis Moore & Diéguez, 2008
• Polycesta thomae Chevrolat, 1838
• Polycesta tonkinea Fairmaire, 1889
• Polycesta tularensis Chamberlin, 1938
• Polycesta variegata Waterhouse, 1904
• Polycesta velasco Gory & Laporte, 1838
• Polycesta viridicostata Neef de Sainval, 1998

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