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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 » Protaetia » Asian Mango Flower Beetle (Protaetia fusca)

Species Protaetia fusca - Asian Mango Flower Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Protaetia fusca (Herbst) - Protaetia fusca Euphoria species, sepulcralis? - Protaetia fusca Euphoria species, sepulcralis? - Protaetia fusca
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 (1)(2)
native to SE Asia, adventive in many warmer parts of the world, incl. FL (first detected in the wild 1985)(3)
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
Woodruff R.E. 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

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