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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Cetoniini » Euphoria » sepulcralis group (Euphoria sepulcralis group) » Dark Flower Scarab (Euphoria sepulcralis)

Species Euphoria sepulcralis - Dark Flower Scarab

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Euphoria
No Taxon (sepulcralis group)
Species sepulcralis (Dark Flower Scarab)
Other Common Names
Spangled Flower Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius)
Cetonia sepulcralis Fabricius 1801 - Orig. Comb.
Euphoria rufina (Gory and Percheron) - Newly synonymized under: Euphoria leucographa (Gory and Percheron) (1)
Euphoria leucographa (Gory and Percheron) - Revised status (1)
Euphoria nitens Casey, 1915 - New synonymy (1)
Explanation of Names
Common name proposed here, "spangled" is a coinage, based on white marks scattered on dark elytra. "Dark Flower Scarab" is also an appropriate common name.
sepulcralis (L). Of or relating to a sepulchre (tomb); "sepulchral inscriptions";. Refers, perhaps, to dark coloration and/or white markings? (Based on Internet searches.)
Size
Length 9.2–13.5 mm (1)
Identification
Two color forms:
(previously separate subspecies) (1)
Very dark elytra with scattered light spots. Variable, some individuals have weak spotting and have rusty hairs on elytra.
Range
e. US (TX-FL-NY-NE) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
freq. coll'ed in a var. of habitats (1)
Season
mostly: Mar-Oct (1)
Food
Adults appear on foliage of late spring flowers, such as Marshallia, so presumably take pollen and nectar. In Texas, reported to feed on twig of Blackjack Oak, Quercus marilandica.
Eggs are laid in soil under organic matter or manure, and this is where grubs develop.
Life Cycle
Spring and late-summer occurrence suggests two generations per year, or that adults overwinter, perhaps.
See Also
Protaetia fusca (Herbst) - non-punctate pronotum
- Range: se FL / pantropics

Euphoria devulsa Horn
- Range: much of TX and e. NM
Det. J. Orozco, 2011
Works Cited
1.Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
Jesus Orozco. 2012. The Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 May, 2004 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 October, 2024 - 5:35pm

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