''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 cons ...

: '' Genera insectorum'' (1777)

External links

The genus Cetonia on Fauna Europaea
Scarabaeidae genera Cetoniinae Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Cetoniinae-stub