-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

-Superfamily Buprestoidea

-Jewel Beetles Family (Buprestidae)

-Subfamily Polycestinae

-Tribe Acmaeoderini

-Genus Acmaeodera

-Acmaeodera setosa

Acmaeodera setosa is a species of jewel beetle in the family Buprestidae, genus Acmaeodera. Members of this genus are distinguished by their metallic, patterned exoskeletons and their association with both flowering plants and woody habitats. A. setosa features a dark, metallic body with intricate patterns of orange markings on the elytra (hardened forewings).