''Trichostetha capensis'', also known as the brunia beetle
and the Cape Protea chafer
is an
afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
species of
flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the
Cape Floristic Region.
References
Endemic beetles of South Africa
Cetoniinae
Beetles described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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