Bee beetle

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Bee beetle
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Trichius gallicus zonatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Trichiini
Subtribe: Trichiina
Genus: Trichius
Fabricius, 1775
Species

Several, see text

The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae.

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They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and the fact that seen from the side they resemble a hairy plump bee, has given them their common name.

Species

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References

  1. Krell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of Trichius rosaceus, T. gallicus, and T. zonatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). Zootaxa 3278: 61–68.

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