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Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
Acmaeodera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, a group of metallic wood-boring beetles favored by insect collectors. Whereas most beetles including most buprestids fly with their elytra held out and vibrating their hindwings to give lift and thrust, Acmaedodera, however, fly with their hind wings only — the elytra are fused down the center and form a shield over the insect's abdomen, even during flight. This fact, combined with the banding across the abdomen which is common in this family, gives many of them a distinct wasp-like appearance when in flight. Several are therefore considered hymenopteran mimics.
Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.
Discoderus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Discoderus.
Neoclytus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. They measure 4-20 mm. There are 93 species in the New World.
Trichodes is a genus of checkered beetle belonging to the family Cleridae, subfamily Clerinae.
Epicauta is a genus of beetles in the blister beetle family, Meloidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1834 by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. Epicauta is distributed nearly worldwide, with species native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Surveys have found the genus to be particularly diverse in northern Arizona in the United States. Few species occur in the Arctic, with none farther north than the southern Northwest Territory of Canada.
Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.
Pterostichini is a tribe of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae. There are about 180 genera and more than 3,800 described species in Pterostichini.
Lasconotus is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least 20 described species in Lasconotus.
Pedilus is a genus of fire-colored beetles in the family Pyrochroidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pedilus.
Pyrota is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pyrota.
Cremastocheilus crinitus is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
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- ↑ "Cremastocheilus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- ↑ "Cremastocheilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-26.