Protaetia
Protaetia | |
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Protaetia orientalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Family: | Scarabeidae |
Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
Tribe: | Cetoniini |
Subtribe: | Cetoniina |
Genus: | Protaetia Burmeister, 1842 |
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Protaetia is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabeidae, occurring primarily in Asia, and containing over 300 species.
Selected species
Protaetia affinis (Andersch, 1797)
Protaetia afflicta (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Protaetia alboguttata (Vigors, 1826)
Protaetia aurichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Protaetia bipunctata (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Protaetia brevitarsis (Lewis, 1879)
Protaetia conspersa Janson, 1877
Protaetia culta (Waterhouse, 1879)
Protaetia cuprea (Fabricius, 1775)
Protaetia fieberi (Kraatz, 1880)
Protaetia fusca (Herbst, 1790)
Protaetia lewisi Janson, 1888
Protaetia lugubris (Herbst, 1786)
Protaetia mirifica (Mulsant, 1842)
Protaetia opaca (Fabricius, 1787)
Protaetia orientalis (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Protaetia regalis (Blanchard, 1842)
Protaetia speciosa (Adams, 1817)
Protaetia spectabilis (Schaum, 1841)
Protaetia ungarica (Herbst, 1790)
- Protaetia lewisi
- Protaetia fieberi
- Protaetia alboguttata
- Protaetia afflicta at National Museum (Prague)
- Protaetia opaca
- Protaetia cuprea in Israel
References
- Biolib
- Robert E. Woodruf -The Asian mango flower beetle - INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, September-December, 2006
External links
- Protaetia, the beautiful flower chafers, Natural History Museum
- Protaetia cuprea ignicollis in Israel: Photo 1 and Photo 2, Flickr