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