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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Cetoniini » Euphoria » Kern's Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii)

Species Euphoria kernii - Kern's Flower Scarab

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetles in cactus flower...help, please - Euphoria kernii Pile Up - Euphoria kernii Happy beetle on Prickly Poppy flower - Euphoria kernii Kern's Flower Scarab - Euphoria kernii Beetle in Opuntia flower - Euphoria kernii Beetle in Opuntia flower - Euphoria kernii Kern's Flower Scarab - Euphoria kernii Euphoria kerni Haldeman - Euphoria kernii
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 kernii (Kern's Flower Scarab)
Other Common Names
Plains Bumble Scarab (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
kerni is incorrect spelling (Ed Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, Apr 2008)
Numbers
There are approximately 73 species of Euphoria and about 20 species in the U.S. (2)
Identification
This species is extremely variable in its color and pattern ranging from all black to nearly all yellow with all stages in between. (3)
Range
CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX; Mexico (3)
Season
April to August per specimens in TAMUIC
Food
Adults feed on the nectar and pollen of the following genera. (3)
Pricklypoppy, Argemone spp., Papaveraceae
Pricklypear, Opuntia spp., Cactaceae
Yucca, Yucca , Liliaceae
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn
Works Cited
1.Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33)
By Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
3.The scarab beetles of Nebraska
By Brett Ratcliffe
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 29 November, 2005 - 1:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 April, 2008 - 12:03pm

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