Tribe Gymnetini

Classification · Identification · See Also

Gymnetis at the diner, side view - Gymnetis caseyi

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 Gymnetini

Identification

Note how the scutellum is covered by a pronotal projection in Cotinis, tribe Gymnetini (left), but is uncovered in Euphoria, tribe Cetoniini (right):

See Also

Tribe Cetoniini

Contributed by Cotinis on 20 January, 2006 - 1:30am
Last updated 21 July, 2006 - 9:42am

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