''Cetonia'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in 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 ...
. 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'', a subspecies (Cetoniini) of the rose chafer
* ''Cetonia elegans'' Fabricius, 1781, a synonym for ''
Heterorrhina elegans'', a species (Goliathini) found in India and Sri Lanka
References
*
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...
: ''
Genera insectorum'' (1777)
External links
The genus Cetonia on Fauna Europaea
Scarabaeidae genera
Cetoniinae
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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