Protaetia
Protaetia is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae, occurring primarily in Asia, and containing over 300 species.
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| Subtribe: | Cetoniina |
| Genus: | Protaetia Burmeister, 1842 |
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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 haiastanica Ghrejyan & Kalashian, 2017[1]
- 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 cuprea ignicollis in Israel
Protaetia lewisi
Protaetia fieberi
Protaetia afflicta at National Museum (Prague)
Protaetia opaca
Protaetia fusca in Yogyakarta
Protaetia cuprea ignicollis
Protaetia cuprea ignicollis feeding on a thistle
References
- Ghrejyan, Tigran; Kalashian, Mark (2017). "A new species of Protaetia Burmeister, 1842 from Armenia with taxonomic notes on Cetonia floricola fausti Kraatz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)". Zootaxa. 4231 (1): 100–106. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
- 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
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