''Rhabdotis aulica'', known as the emerald fruit chafer, is a species of
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 ...
, the dung beetle family, and is found in Africa. Adult beetles, which are about long, feed on flowers and fruit, laying their eggs in goat and cattle manure. The pupae develop inside egg-shaped protective clay shells.
Description
Pronotum with a white marginal/elytral band. Elytra with white dots drawn out transversally, comprising a humeral dot, an apical dot, 2 or 3 discal dots on the posterior half of the elytra and 5 marginal dots extended by a subhumeral dash. Tibia green.
Subspecies
* ''Rhabdotis aulica'' ssp. ''impunctata''
Allard, 1992
* ''Rhabdotis aulica'' ssp. ''perpunctata''
Allard, 1992
Further reading
*
Allard (V.),
The Beetles of the World
''The Beetles of the World'' is a series of books devoted to Coleopterology. Sciences Nat published the 24 first volumes; the following volumes and the supplements were published by Hillside Books, Canterbury.
The first book authored by Jacques Ri ...
, volume 12. Cetoniini 2 (Cetoniidae), 1992,
Sciences Nat
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, Venette
External links
Rhabdotis aulicaphotos at Beetlespace.wz.cz
Cetoniinae
Beetles of Africa
Beetles described in 1781
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