''Cetonia'' is a genus of
beetles in family
Scarabaeidae. One of the most familiar species is the
rose chafer (''C. aurata'').
Species
; Names brought to synonymy:
* ''Cetonia elegans'' Leoni, 1910, a synonym for ''
Cetonia aurata pisana
''Cetonia aurata'', called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum. The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it may ...
'', a subspecies (Cetoniini) of the rose chafer
* ''Cetonia elegans'' Fabricius, 1781, a synonym for ''
Heterorrhina elegans
''Heterorhina elegans'' is a species of Scarabaeidae, Scarab beetle found in India and Sri Lanka that belongs to the flower chafer subfamily. Its genus name is frequently misspelled as "''Heterorrhina''". The adults are about 2 to 3 cm long ...
'', a species (Goliathini) found in India and Sri Lanka
References
*
Johan Christian Fabricius : ''
Genera insectorum
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
'' (1777)
External links
The genus Cetonia on Fauna Europaea
Scarabaeidae genera
Cetoniinae
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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