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Asian Mango Flower Beetle (Protaetia fusca)
Species
Protaetia fusca
- Asian Mango Flower Beetle
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily
Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)
Tribe
Cetoniini
Genus
Protaetia
Species
fusca
(Asian Mango Flower Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Protaetia fusca
(Herbst)
Range
adventive to se. FL (BRO, DAD, PAL) / Pantropic sp. -
Map
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native to SE Asia, adventive in many warmer parts of the world, incl. FL (first detected in the wild 1985)
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Print References
Euphoria sepulcralis
(Fabricius) - punctate pronotum
- Range: e. US
Works Cited
1.
A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.
The Asian mango flower beetle, Protaetia fusca (Herbst), and Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius) in Florida and the West Indies
R.E. Woodruff. 2006. Insecta Mundi 20: 227-231.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 10 March, 2011 - 9:35am
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 11:08am