''Gymnetis drogoni'' is a species of scarab beetle in the family
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
, named after the dragon Drogon in the fantasy novel series ''
A Song of Ice and Fire
''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, '' A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who in ...
''.
[Ratcliffe, B.C. (2018) A Monographic Revision of the Genus ''Gymnetis'' MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 31: 1-250.]
References
Cetoniinae
Beetles described in 2018
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