Subspecies Euphoria sepulcralis nitens - Bluish Dark Flower Scarab

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Euphoria sepulcralis nitens - Euphoria sepulcralis

Euphoria on Lantana - Euphoria sepulcralis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)

Tribe Cetoniini

Genus Euphoria

Species sepulcralis (Dark Flower Scarab)

Subspecies nitens (Bluish Dark Flower Scarab)

Identification

Has a distinct iridescent blue tint absent from E. sepulcralis elsewhere

Range

south Texas

Food

Larvae feed on decaying organic matter. Adults are nectar feeders.

Life Cycle

The species is known to overwinter in the soil as an adult

Print References

Mico, Estefania, Andrew Smith, and Miguel Moron 2000. New larval descriptions of two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae: Cenoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larva and a review of larval biology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(4): 795-801.

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 June, 2007 - 3:18pm

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