The bee beetles are

scarab beetles The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

of the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Cetoniinae Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and ...

. They have hairy sides of the

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and the fact that seen from the side they resemble a hairy plump

bee Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...

, has given them their common name.

Species

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Trichius abdominalis The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae. They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and ...

'' Ménétriés, 1832 * ''

Trichius fasciatus ''Trichius fasciatus'', the Eurasian bee beetle, is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. Varieties Varieties include: * ''Trichius fasciatus'' var. ''dubius'' Mulsant * ''Trichius fasciatus'' var. ''inte ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

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Trichius gallicus ''Trichius gallicus'' is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. It frequently appears in the literature under the name "''Trichius rosaceus''", but this name is permanently unavailable under ICZN Article 11.4 ...

'' Dejean, 1821 (= ''T. rosaceus'')Krell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of ''Trichius rosaceus'', ''T. gallicus'', and ''T. zonatus'' (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). ''Zootaxa'' 3278: 61–68. * ''

Trichius japonicus The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae. They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and ...

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Trichius orientalis The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae. They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and ...

'' Reitter, 1894 * ''

Trichius sexualis The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae. They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and ...

'' Bedel, 1906
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References

External links

Trichius fasciatus
photos at Beetlespace.wz.cz Cetoniinae {{Cetoniinae-stub