Flower chafer

Flower chafers
Diversity of Cetoniinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae Leach, 1815

Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.

Overview

By morphological characters, the adults can be separated from the other scarabs by the combination of the following characters: epipleuron easily recognizable, border lateral of elytra sinuate and antennal insertion visible from above. Six tribes are normally recognized: Stenotarsiini, Schizorhinini, Gymnetini, Goliathini, Cetoniini, and Cremastocheilini, the last four are also found in the New World. The tribe Gymnetini is the biggest of the American tribes, and Goliathini contains the largest species, and is mainly found in the rainforest regions of Africa.

Systematics and taxonomy

The tribes of subfamily Cetoniinae, with some notable genera also listed, are:^[1]

Subtribus Cetoniina Leach, 1815

• Aethiessa Burmeister, 1842
• Cetonia Fabricius, 1775
• Chlorixanthe Bates, 1889
• Euphoria Burmeister, 1842
• Heterocnemis Albers, 1852
• Ischnoscelis Burmeister, 1842
  

  Ischnocelis hoepfneri
• Protaetia Burmeister, 1842
• Pseudourbania Mikšič, 1965
• Tropinota Mulsant, 1842
• Urbania Mikšič, 1963

Subtribus Leucocelina

• Homothyrea Kolbe, 1895
• Leucocelis Burmeister, 1842
• Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1842
• Paleira Reiche, 1871
• Agestrata Eschscholtz, 1829
• Anthracophora Burmeister, 1842
• Dischista
• Gametis Burmeister, 1842
• Glycyphana Burmeister, 1842
• Ichnestoma Gory & Percheron
• Pachnoda Burmeister, 1842
• Polybaphes Kirby, 1827
• Stalagmosoma Burmeister, 1842

Subtribus Cremastocheilini Burmeister & Schaum, 1841

• Centrochilus Krikken, 1976
• Cremastocheilus Knoch, 1801
• Genuchinus Westwood, 1874
• Lissomelas Bates, 1889
• Psilocnemis Burmeister, 1842
• Campsiura Hope, 1831

Tribus Goliathini

• Amaurodes Westwood, 1844
• Aphanochroa Kolbe, 1893
• Aphelorrhina Westwood, 1841
• Argyropheges Kraatz, 1895
• Asthenorella Westwood, 1874
• Asthenorrhina Westwood, 1843
• Brachymitra Kolbe, 1904
• Ceratorrhina Westwood, 1843
• Cheirolasia Westwood
• Chelorrhina Burmeister, 1842
• Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 1880
• Chordodera Burmeister, 1842
• Coelorrhina Burmeister, 1842
• Compsocephalus White, 1845
• Cyprolais Burmeister, 1842
• Daedycorrhina Bates, 1888
• Dicellachilus Waterhouse, 1905
• Dicronocephalus Hope, 1837
• Dicronorrhina Hope, 1837
• Dyspilophora Kraatz, 1880
• Eudicella White, 1839
• Eutelesmus Waterhouse, 1880
• Fornasinius Berteloni, 1853
• Genyodonta Burmeister, 1842
• Gnorimimelus Kaatz, 1880
• Goliathus Lamarck, 1801
• Hegemus J. Thomson, 1881
• Inhambane Péringuey, 1907
• Mecynorhina Hope, 1837
• Megalorhina Westwood, 1847
• Melinesthes Kraatz, 1880
• Neptunides J. Thomson, 1879
• Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 1880
• Plaesiorrhina Burmeister, 1842
• Priscorrhina Krikken, 1984
• Ptychodesthes Kraatz, 1883
• Raceloma J. Thomson, 1877
• Ranzania Berteloni, 1855
• Scythropesthes Kraatz, 1880
• Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 1880
• Smicorhina Westwood, 1847
• Spelaiorrhina Lansberge, 1886
• Stephanocrates Kolbe, 1892
• Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 1842
• Taeniesthes Kraatz, 1880
• Taurhina Burmeister, 1842

Tribus Gymnetini

• Amithao
• Argyripa
• Balsameda
• Chiriquibia
• Cotinis Gory & Percheron, 1883
• Guatemalica
• Gymnetina Casey, 1915
• Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819
  

  Gymnetis stellata
• Gymnetosoma Martínez, 1949
• Hadrosticta
• Halffterinetis Morón and Nogueira, 2007
• Hologymnetis Martínez, 1949
• Hoplopyga
• Marmarina
• Neocorvicoana Ratcliffe & Micó

Tribus Heterorrhinini

• Heterorrhina
• Pseudotorynorrhina
• Rhomborrhina

Tribus Schizorhinini

• Aphanesthes Kraatz, 1880
• Bisallardiana Antoine, 2003
• Chalcopharis Heller, 1901
• Chlorobapta Kraatz, 1880
• Chondropyga Kraatz, 1880
• Clithria Burmeister, 1842
• Diaphonia Newman, 1840
• Dichrosoma Kraatz, 1885
• Dilochrosis Thomson, 1878
• Eupoecila Burmeister, 1842
• Hemichnoodes Kraatz, 1880
• Hemipharis Burmeister, 1842
• Ischiopsopha Gestro, 1874
• Lenosoma Kraatz, 1880
• Lomaptera Gory & Percheron, 1833
• Lyraphora Kraatz, 1880
• Macrotina Strand, 1934
• Metallesthes Kraatz, 1880
• Micropoecila Kraatz, 1880
• Mycterophallus Van de Poll, 1886
• Neoclithria Van de Poll, 1886
• Neorrhina J. Thomson, 1878
• Phyllopodium Schoch, 1895
• Poecilopharis Kraatz, 1880
• Pseudoclithria Van de Poll, 1886
• Schizorhina Kirby, 1825
• Schochidia Berg, 1898
• Stenopisthes Moser, 1913
• Tapinoschema Thomson, 1880
• Trichaulax Kraatz, 1880

Tribus Trichiini Fleming, 1821

• Osmoderma Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
• Agnorimus Miyake et alii, 1991
• Apeltastes Howden, 1968
• Gnorimella Casey, 1915
• Gnorimus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
• Trichiotinus Casey, 1915
• Trichius Fabricius, 1787
• Trigonopeltastes Burmeister, 1840

Tribus Valgini Mulsant, 1842

• Chromovalgus Kolbe, 1897
• Microvalgus Kraatz, 1883
• Valgus L.G.Scriba, 1790

Other

• Anelaphinis Kolbe 1912
• Caelorrhina
• Coilodera
• Conradtia
• Costinota
• Epitrichius Tagawa, 1941
• Gnathocera
• Heteroclita Burmeister, 1842
• Ischnostomiella Krikken, 1978
• Lansbergia Ritsema 1888
• Protoclita Krikken, 1978
• Pygora
• Rhabdotis

References

1. ^ "Subfamily Cetoniinae Leach, 1815". http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxontree/id8159/. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

• Bartlett, Troy, et al. BugGuide
• Evans, Arthur W. Generic Guide to New World Scarabs
• Orozco, Jesus. American Cetoniinae
• Sakai, K. & S. Nagai, 1998. The cetoniine Beetles of the World. Tokyo: Mushi-Sha. 421p Excellent illustrations of most species.
• White , Richard E. (1998). Beetles : A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-91089-7.

External links

• The Cetoniid (Flower) Beetles of the World Extra detailed specimen photobook 2009

• Gallery of flower beetles
• Illustrated key to South Asian chafers
• Punctate Flower Chafer Factfile
• WZCZ Gallery
• Kaferlatein African Cetoniinae website. Literature page.
• flickr tagged images.

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