Species Euphoria fulgida - Emerald Euphoria

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Works Cited

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 fulgida (Emerald Euphoria)

Other Common Names

E. f. fuscocyanea: Blue Emerald Euphoria

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

E. limbalis Fall used to be treated as a subspecies of E. fulgida

Explanation of Names

Latin fulgidus 'shining'

Numbers

3 sspp.: E. f. fulgida (Fabricius 1775) (=turchesinus Voet 1778), E. f. fuscocyanea Casey 1915, E. f. holochloris Fall 1905

Size

13-20 mm

Range

ne. US south to SC west to NE-TX-AZ(1)(2)

Habitat

Fields with flowers, woodlands(?)

Season

Apr-Jul in SC(2), May-Jul in MN; May-Jun in NC(3)

Food

Adults take nectar and/or pollen. May prefer Plum (Prunus) and Shadbush (Amelanchier) blooms

See Also

Green June Beetle, Cotinis nitida

Works Cited

1.	The scarab beetles of Nebraska By Brett Ratcliffe

2.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 13 August, 2004 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 May, 2012 - 5:52pm

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