Hoplia Argentea
''Hoplia argentea'' is a species of Scarabaeidae, scarabaeid beetle belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Hoplia argentea'' var. ''coerulipennis'' Della Beffa *''Hoplia argentea'' var. ''karamani'' Reitter, 1893 *''Hoplia argentea'' var. ''viridula'' Mulsant, 1842 Distribution These flower-loving scarabs, quite common in the mountains, are present in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland). Habitat These beetles inhabit open landscapes, parks, mixed forests, gardens, forest edges and meadows. Description The adults of ''Hoplia argentea'' grow up to long. It is a very variable chromatic species. The body of these medium-sized flower-loving scarabs is covered with pale green, bluish-green or yellow ocher scales. The scales produce interference colors (as with butterflies). Old speci ...
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Nikolaus Poda Von Neuhaus
Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (4 October 1723 – 29 April 1798) was an Austrian entomologist. In his branch of natural history, the short name Poda refers to him. Poda was born and died in Vienna. He was the author of ''Insecta Musei Graecensis'' (1761), the first purely entomological work to follow the binomial nomenclature of Carl Linnaeus. External linksLandes Museum
* Insecta musaei Graecensis (Pdf) at

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