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Checklist for Subfamily Cetoniinae Leach, 1815 (Flower beetles)
and region Near East (West Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
687
11472
52844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
682
11445
52791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
651
11312
52466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
8936
44750
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
110
2924
17636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
102
2584
13895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
11
320
1727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
11
320
1727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
264
1429
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs
26
136
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Near East
26 Genera with 136 Species
#ACEGHNOPRSTVX
Aethiessa Burmeister, 202210SpeciesTaxom
Celidotella Reitter, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Cetonia Fabricius, 189113SpeciesTaxom
Cetonischema Reitter, 17861SpeciesTaxom
Chromovalgus Kolbe, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Elaphinis Burmeister, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Epicometis Burmeister, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Eupotosia Miksic, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Glycyphana Burmeister, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Gnorimus Le Peletier ..., 1758Chafer5SpeciesTaxom
Heterocnemis Albers, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Homothyrea Kolbe, 02SpeciesTaxom
Netocia A. Costa, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Osmoderma Le Peletier ..., 19916SpeciesTaxom
Oxythyrea Mulsant, 18919SpeciesTaxom
Pachnoda Burmeister, 177511SpeciesTaxom
Potosia Mulsant & Rey, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Protaetia Burmeister, 1918101SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdotis Burmeister, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Stalagmosoma Burmeister, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Trichius Fabricius, 1906Bee beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Tropinota Mulsant, 185615SpeciesTaxom
Valgus Scriba, 20143SpeciesTaxom
Xeloma Kraatz, 20162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Near East
136 Species and 75 Subspecies
Aethiessa albocincta albocincta
Aethiessa albocincta merkli Montreuil & ..., 2022
Aethiessa albocincta sabatinellii Montreuil, L..., 2022
Aethiessa doriae Reiche, 1871
Aethiessa floralis Fabricius, 1787
Aethiessa inhumata (Gory & Perch..., 1833)⇒ Aethiessa mesopotamica Burmeister, 1842
Aethiessa legrandi Montreuil, S..., 2022
Aethiessa mesopotamica Burmeister, 1842
Aethiessa mesopotamica rugipennis Burmeister, 1842
Aethiessa ulianai Montreuil, S..., 2022
Celidotella matthiesseni Reitter, 1909
Cetonia aeratula Reitter, 1891
Cetonia asiatica Gory & Perch..., 1833
Cetonia aurata Linnaeus, 1758Flower beetle
Cetonia aurata aurata Linnaeus, 1761
Cetonia aurata pallida Drury, 1770
Cetonia bicostula Marseul, 1878
Cetonia cypriaca Alexis, 1994
Cetonia delagrangei Boucard, 1893
Cetonia delagrangei cypriaca Alexis, 1994
Cetonia delagrangei delagrangei Boucard, 1893
Cetonia kemali Delpont, 1995
Cetonia sexguttata Olsoufieff, 1916
Cetonia viridescens (Reitter, 1891)⇒ Protaetia cyanescens Kraatz, 1883
Cetonischema speciossissima Scopoli, 1786
Chromovalgus peyroni Mulsant, 1852
Coenochilus carinatus Janson, 1911
Epicometis hirta (Poda, 1761)⇒ Tropinota hirta Poda, 1761
Epicometis turanica Reitter, 1888
Eupotosia mirifica mirifica Mulsant, 1842
Glycyphana fasciata Fabricius, 1775
Gnorimus armeniacus Reitter, 1887
Gnorimus bartelsi Faldermann, 1835
Gnorimus nobilis nobilis Linnaeus, 1758
Gnorimus subcostatus Ménétriés, 1832
Gnorimus variabilis Linnaeus, 1758Variable Chafer
Heterocnemis (Heterocnemis) graeca Brullé, 1832
Heterocnemis matthiesseni Reitter, 1909
Homothyrea inornatipennis Gahan, 1903
Homothyrea thoracica thoracica
Netocia morio Fabricius, 1781
Osmoderma barnabita (Motschulsky, 1845)⇒ Osmoderma opicum Lewis, 1887
Osmoderma brevipenne Pic, 1904
Osmoderma dallieri Pic, 1945
Osmoderma eremicola Knoch, 1801Hermit Flower Beetle
Osmoderma eremita Scopoli, 1763Hermit Beetle
Osmoderma lassallei Baraud & Tauzin, 1991
Oxythyrea abigail Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Oxythyrea albopicta Motschulsky, 1845
Oxythyrea cinctella Schaum, 1841
Oxythyrea cinctelloides Reitter, 1898
Oxythyrea dulcis Reitter, 1898
Oxythyrea funesta Poda, 1761
Oxythyrea noemi Reiche & Saylcy, 1856
Oxythyrea pantherina Gory & Perch..., 1833
Oxythyrea tripolitana Reitter, 1891
Pachnoda cervenkai Krajcik, 2002
Pachnoda cordata tigris Herbst, 1790
Pachnoda fasciata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Pachnoda savignyi Gory & Perch..., 1833
Pachnoda histrio Fabricius, 1778
Pachnoda histrio histrio
Pachnoda histrioides Pouillaude, 1914
Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Pachnoda cordata tigris Herbst, 1790
Pachnoda leclercqi Rigout, 1985
Pachnoda polita Blanchard, 1842
Pachnoda savignyi Gory & Perch..., 1833
Pachnoda thoracica Fabricius, 1775
Potosia cuprea (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Protaetia brevitarsis Lewis, 1879
Potosia fieberi Kraatz, 1880
Potosia funebris Gory & Perch., 1833
Protaetia (Calopotosia) inquinata Arrow, 1913
Protaetia (Cetonischema) aeruginosa (Drury, 1770)⇒ Cetonischema speciossissima Scopoli, 1786
Protaetia (Cetonischema) speciosa Adams, 1817
Protaetia speciosa cyanichlora Schauer, 1941
Protaetia speciosa cyanochlora Schauer, 1941
Protaetia speciosa jousselin Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia speciosa jousselini Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia speciosa marchei Alexis & Del..., 1999
Protaetia speciosa nematiani Montreuil, 2006
Protaetia speciosa speciosa Adams, 1817
Protaetia speciosa venusta Ménétriés, 1836
Protaetia (Cetonischema) speciosissima (Scopoli, 1786)⇒ Cetonischema speciossissima Scopoli, 1786
Protaetia (Eupotosia) affinis Andersch, 1797
Protaetia affinis affinis (Andersch, 1797)⇒ Eupotosia affinis affinis Andersch, 1797
Protaetia affinis falsafii Montreuil, 2006
Protaetia affinis pseudospeciosa Miksic, 1957
Protaetia affinis pyrodera Reitter, 1891
Protaetia mirifica koenigi Reitter, 1894
Protaetia mirifica mirifica (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Eupotosia mirifica mirifica Mulsant, 1842
Protaetia (Foveopotosia) judith Reiche, 1871
Protaetia (Liocola) brevitarsis Lewis, 1879
Protaetia (Macroprotaetia) distincta Antoine & Pa..., 1994
Protaetia (Netocia) aethiessina Reitter, 1891
Protaetia (Netocia) afflicta Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia afflicta afflicta Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia afflicta servillii Burmeister, 1842
Protaetia (Netocia) angustata Germar, 1817
Protaetia angustata angustata Germar, 1817
Protaetia angustata angustula Reitter, 1898
Protaetia (Netocia) asiatica Faldermann, 1835
Protaetia (Netocia) cuprea (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Protaetia distincta Antoine & Pa..., 1994
Protaetia cuprea alainilerestifi Montreuil & ..., 2010
Protaetia cuprea ignicollis Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia cuprea ikonomovi Mikšic, 1958
Protaetia cuprea mehrabii Montreuil & ..., 2008
Protaetia (Netocia) cuprina Motschulsky, 1849
Protaetia cyanea cyanea
Protaetia (Netocia) excavata Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia (Netocia) fieberi (Kraatz, 1880)⇒ Potosia fieberi Kraatz, 1880
Protaetia (Netocia) funesta Ménétriés, 1836
Protaetia (Netocia) karbalayei Alexis & Del..., 2002
Protaetia (Netocia) karelini Zoubkov, 1829
Protaetia (Netocia) khorasanica Montreuil & ..., 2008
Protaetia (Netocia) kohouseki Rataj, 1998
Protaetia (Netocia) morio (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Netocia morio Fabricius, 1781
Protaetia morio morio (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Netocia morio morio Fabricius, 1781
Protaetia (Netocia) opaca (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Potosia opaca Fabricius, 1787
Protaetia opaca opaca Fabricius, 1787
Protaetia (Netocia) subpilosa Desbrochers ..., 1869
Protaetia subpilosa dorchini Legrand & Dr..., 2006
Protaetia subpilosa iranica Montreuil & ..., 2010
Protaetia subpilosa subpilosa
Protaetia (Netocia) trojana Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia trojana ephesia Tauzin, 1993
Protaetia trojana ephesica Tauzin, 1993
Protaetia trojana godeti Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia trojana syriaca Reitter, 1891
Protaetia trojana trojana Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia (Netocia) ungarica Herbst, 1790
Protaetia ungarica anatolica Medvedev, 1947
Protaetia ungarica armeniaca Ménétriés, 1832
Protaetia ungarica auliensis Reitter, 1901
Protaetia ungarica persica Kraatz, 1886
Protaetia ungarica ungarica Herbst, 1790
Protaetia (Netocia) vidua Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia (Philhelena) ignisternum Reitter, 1891
Protaetia ignisternum zagrosica Alexis & Del..., 2001
Protaetia (Potosia) besucheti Alexis & Del..., 1996
Protaetia (Potosia) caucasica Kolenati, 1845
Protaetia cuprea adelheid Mitter, 2017
Protaetia (Potosia) fausti Kraatz, 1891
Protaetia (Potosia) flutschiana Montreuil & ..., 2008
Protaetia (Potosia) funebris Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia funebris aethiessoides Reitter, 1898
Protaetia funebris funebris Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia funebris lambillionea Alexis & Del..., 2000
Protaetia (Potosia) hieroglyphica Ménétriés, 1832
Protaetia hieroglyphica caucasica Kolenati, 1846
Protaetia hieroglyphica cuprina Motschulsky, 1849
Protaetia hieroglyphica depressiuscula Reitter, 1891
Protaetia hieroglyphica hieroglyphica
Protaetia (Potosia) ikonomovi Miksic, 1958
Protaetia (Potosia) jelineki Petrovitz, 1981
Protaetia (Potosia) keithi Montreuil & ..., 2008
Protaetia (Potosia) mayeti Lecomte, 1905
Protaetia (Potosia) metallica Herbst, 1782
Protaetia (Potosia) splendidula Faldermann, 1835
Protaetia splendidula kermanensis Montreuil & ..., 2008
Protaetia splendidula splendidula Faldermann, 1835
Protaetia (Pseudonetocia) cyanescens Kraatz, 1883
Protaetia acuminata Fabricius, 1775
Protaetia araratica Reitter, 1891
Protaetia golestanica Alexis & Del..., 2001
Protaetia hungarica Herbst, 1790
Protaetia hungarica armeniaca Ménétriés, 1832
Protaetia hungarica auliensis Reitter, 1901
Protaetia jakli Montreuil & ..., 2008
Protaetia kurdistanica Hammamurad, ..., 2017
Protaetia lambillionea Alexis & Del..., 2000
Protaetia persica Kraatz, 1886
Protaetia shelkovnikovi Zaitzev, 1918
Rhabdotis picta Burmeister, 1847
Smaragdesthes africana smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836
Stalagmosoma albella Pallas, 1771
Stalagmosoma albellum Pallas, 1781
Stalagmosoma cynanki Gory & Perch..., 1833
Trichius abdominalis (Ménétriés, 1832)⇒ Trichius rosaceus Voet, 1769
Trichius fasciatus Linnaeus, 1758Bee Beetle
Trichius orientalis Reitter, 1894
Trichius rosaceus Voet, 1769
Trichius sexualis Bedel, 1906
Tropinota (Epicometis) hirta Poda, 1761Blossom feeder
Tropinota hirta crispa Petrovitz, 1971
Tropinota hirta hirta Poda, 1761
Tropinota hirta suturalis Reitter, 1913
Tropinota (Tropinota) squalida Scopoli, 1783
Tropinota squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832
Tropinota squalida squalida Scopoli, 1783
Tropinota hirtiformis Reitter, 1913
Tropinota ilariae Dutto, 2007
Tropinota senicula Ménétriés, 1832
Tropinota spinifrons Reitter, 1889
Tropinota spinifrons spinifrons Reitter, 1889
Tropinota turanica Reitter, 1889
Tropinota villiersi Baraud, 1984
Tropinota vittula Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Valgus hemipterus Linnaeus, 1758Bug flower chafer
Valgus hemipterus hemipterus
Valgus hemipterus meridionalis Rössner, 2014
Xeloma pilicollis pilicollis
Xeloma pilicollis yemenica Desbordes, 2016

Subnodes of Cetoniinae with occurrences in Near East
TribeCetoniini
Leach, 1815
13
107
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCremastocheilini
Poda von Neuhaus, 1841
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGoliathini
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTrichiini
Fleming, 1821
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeValgini
Mulsant, 1842
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Cetoniinae at dyntaxa.se
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