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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Gymnetini » Cotinis

Genus Cotinis

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Cotinis nitida (Green June Beetle) - Cotinis nitida

South Texas Coastal Cotinis - Cotinis boylei

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 Gymnetini

Genus Cotinis

Other Common Names

Green June Beetles

Pronunciation

koe-TIE-nus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

commonly misspelled Cotinus, which is a plant genus (smoketree)

Explanation of Names

Cotinis Burmeister 1842

Greek cotin, wild olive or oleaster (Elaeagnus)

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, 27 total(1)

Size

14-34 mm(2)

Identification

Usually velvety green with brownish highlights and some areas of metallic green, sometimes jet black. Clypeus with horn-like process at apical margin. Scutellum not visible (covered by the base of pronotum)(3)

Range

New World, most diverse in Mexico; in our area:

C. nitida widespread in the east to c. TX

C. mutabilis CA to c. TX

C. boylei c. to s. TX

C. impia AZ-NM

C. aliena Florida Keys (very local, may be adventive)

See Also

in Euphoria, scutellum is not covered by base of the pronotum; compare:

Print References

Deloya A.C., Ratcliffe B.C. (1988) A synopsis of the genus Cotinis in Mexico with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana 28: 1-52.

Works Cited

1.	The genus Cotinis Burmeister in the eastern United States, with description of a new species from the Florida Keys... Robert Woodruff. 2008. Insecta Mundi 0051: 1-13.

2.	A Revision of the Genus Cotinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Goodrich, M.A. 1966. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 59: 550-568.

3.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 October, 2019 - 4:12pm

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