Protaetia Explained

Protaetia is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae, occurring primarily in Asia, and containing over 300 species.

Selected species

• Protaetia acuminata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Protaetia affinis (Andersch, 1797)
• Protaetia afflicta (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
• Protaetia alboguttata (Vigors, 1826)
• Protaetia aurichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Protaetia bipunctata (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
• Protaetia brevitarsis (Lewis, 1879)
• Protaetia conspersa Janson, 1877
• Protaetia culta (Waterhouse, 1879)
• Protaetia cuprea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Protaetia fieberi (Kraatz, 1880)
• Protaetia fusca (Herbst, 1790)
• Protaetia haiastanica Ghrejyan & Kalashian, 2017^[1]
• Protaetia lewisi Janson, 1888
• Protaetia lugubris (Herbst, 1786)
• Protaetia mirifica (Mulsant, 1842)
• Protaetia opaca (Fabricius, 1787)
• Protaetia orientalis (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
• Protaetia pryeri Janson, 1888
• Protaetia regalis (Blanchard, 1842)
• Protaetia speciosa (Adams, 1817)
• Protaetia spectabilis (Schaum, 1841)
• Protaetia ungarica (Herbst, 1790)

References

• Biolib
• Robert E. Woodruf - The Asian mango flower beetle - INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, September–December, 2006

External links

• Protaetia, the beautiful flower chafers, Natural History Museum
• Protaetia cuprea ignicollis in Israel: Photo 1 and Photo 2, Flickr

Notes and References

1. Ghrejyan . Tigran . Kalashian . Mark . A new species of Protaetia Burmeister, 1842 from Armenia with taxonomic notes on Cetonia floricola fausti Kraatz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) . Zootaxa . 4231 . 1 . 2017 . 100–106 . 1175-5334 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.6.