Mecynorhina ugandensis

Mecynorhina ugandensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Mecynorhina
Species:	M. ugandensis
Binomial name
Mecynorhina ugandensis (Moser, 1907)

Mecynorhina ugandensis is a beetle from the subfamily Cetoniinae, tribe Goliathini, it was described by Josef Moser in 1907.^[1]

Classification

According to the last work of De Palma & Frantz, this species is included in the subgenus Mecynorrhinella Marais and Holm, 1992, and is a subspecies of Mecynorhina torquata Hope, 1837.^[2]

For a simplification, we will follow Allard considering ugandensis as a good species.^[3]

Synomym

Zdenӗk Tesař described in 1935 the Mecynorrhina machulkai which is compared to Mecynorhina torquata, he seems not to know the species described by Moser.^[4]

Variations

All the specimens of this species are rarely the same. Moser described it with red elytra ("elytris rubis").^[1] In his paper, Tesař describes also several forms and illustrates many of them.^[4] Many varieties have been illustrated in The Beetles of the World, volume 7, plates 3–6. Here are other photos of the variations of the species, all the specimens are from Dr. Allard's collection.

Specimens of ugandensis

Mecynorhina ugandensis var. knirschi Tesař   Mecynorhina ugandensis var. knirschi Tesař with green marks   Mecynorhina ugandensis var. obenbergeri Tesař   Mecynorhina ugandensis' var. kuntzeni Tesař

Specimens of ugandensis

Mecynorhina ugandensis bicoloured form   Mecynorhina ugandensis melanic form   Mecynorhina ugandensis var.   Mecynorhina ugandensis var. simplex Tesař

Specimens of ugandensis

Mecynorhina ugandensis machulkai var. maculipennis Allard (in litteris)   Mecynorhina ugandensis machulkai var.   Mecynorhina ugandensis var. olivacea Tesař   Mecynorhina ugandensis dark form, female

Specimens of ugandensis with small horns

Mecynorhina ugandensis machulkai Tesař   Mecynorhina ugandensis var. knirschi Tesař   Mecynorhina ugandensis var. maculithorax Tesař   Mecynorhina ugandensis var.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Moser (J.), 1907. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Cetoniden (3), Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique, 51, p. 313
2. ^ M. De Palma & S. Frantz (2010). Taxonomic revision of Megalorhina Westwood and subgeneric classification of Mecynorhina Hope. Bologna: Natura Edizioni Scientifiche. 
3. ^ V. Allard (1986). The Beetles of the World, volume 7, Goliathini 3. Venette: Sciences Nat. http://www.plumeria.demon.co.uk/cm/cm-7-english.html. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Z. Tesař (1935). "Mecynorrhina machulkai spec. n. (Col. Ceton.)". Sborník Entomologického Oddèleni Národního Muzea v Praze XIII (116): 101.