Protaetia
| Protaetia | |
|---|---|
| Protaetia orientalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subtribe: | Cetoniina |
| Genus: | Burmeister, 1842 |
| Subgenera | |
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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 elegans (Kometami, 1938)
- 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)
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Protaetia cuprea ignicollis in Israel -
Protaetia lewisi -
Protaetia fieberi -

- Protaetia afflicta at National Museum (Prague)
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Protaetia opaca -
Protaetia cuprea in Israel -
Protaetia fusca in Yogyakarta -
Protaetia cuprea ignicollis -
Protaetia cuprea ignicollis feeding on a thistle
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