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Species Gymnetis thula - Harlequin Flower Beetle
Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)
Tribe Gymnetini
Genus Gymnetis
Species thula (Harlequin Flower Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes misidentified as: G. sallei and G. flavomarginata, these names correctly apply to species from southern Mexico and S. Amer. respectively.
unavailable: Gymnetis caseyi Antoine, 2001, see Ratcliffe (2018) for discussion (1)Explanation of Names Gymnetis thula Ratcliffe, 2018
thula (L). 'the furthest north" (1)
Numbers Ratcliffe (2018) determined 56 spp. within Gymnetis, but only G. thula reaches the U.S. (1)Range mostly of the interior of TX to the Rio Grande - Map) with limited records in LA and FL / Tamps & SLP, Mex. (1)(2)(3)(4), plus Ocean Springs, Miss. (5)Season all months, but mostly April-July (1)Life Cycle Adults have been taken feeding on ripe fruit, in syrup and fruit traps, and occasionally at lights. Also at sap flows on false willow, Baccharis neglecta. (1)
Ritcher (1966) reported three third instar larvae collected December 31, 1919, at Blue Mott, Victoria Co., TX in rotten moss in a hollow anacua ( Ehretia anacua) tree. (6)
Sundberg (pers. comm. to BCR, 2017) reports larvae in tree holes of living mesquite, post oak, and several other trees. (1)Remarks Gymnetis sallei Schaum has been reported from AZ, but Ratcliffe (2018) found no spmns to confirm this. (1) Print References Antoine, P. 2001. Contribution a la connaissance des Gymnetini (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). Coléoptères 7: 113-136.
Ratcliffe, B.C. 2018. A monographic revision of the genus Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 31: 1-250. (1)Internet References Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2018 Works Cited | 2. | An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp. | |
| 3. | A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp. | |
| 6. | White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae
Paul O. Ritcher. 1966. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. 219 pp. | |
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