Protaetia

Protaetia
Protaetia orientalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subtribe:	Cetoniina
Genus:	Protaetia Burmeister, 1842
Subgenera
Protaetia (Acanthoprotaetia) Mikšič, 1987 Protaetia (Autoprotaetia) Mikšič, 1965 Protaetia (Calopotosia) Reitter, 1898 Protaetia (Caloprotaetia) Mikšič, 1963 Protaetia (Cetonischema) Reitter, 1898 Protaetia (Chalcoprotaetia) Mikšič, 1963 Protaetia (Chrysopotosia) Mikšič, 1966 Protaetia (Dicranobia) Miksic, 1963 Protaetia (Eupotosia) Mikšič, 1954 Protaetia (Euprotaetia) Mikšič, 1963 Protaetia (Finkia) Mikšič, 1965 Protaetia (Foveopotosia) Mikšič, 1959 Protaetia (Goetzia) Mikšič, 1963 Protaetia (Heteroprotaetia) Mikšič, 1963 Protaetia (Kuytenia) Mikšič, 1963 Protaetia (Liocola) C.G. Thomson, 1859 Protaetia (Netocia) Costa, 1852 Protaetia (Poecilophana) Kraatz, 1895 Protaetia (Potosia) Mulsant & Rey, 1871 Protaetia (Potosiomima) Mikšič, 1968 Protaetia (Protaetia) Burmeister, 1842 Protaetia (Pyropotosia) Reitter, 1898 Protaetia (Tomentoprotaetia) Mikšič, 1987

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

References

1. Ghrejyan, Tigran; Kalashian, Mark (2017). "A new species of Protaetia Burmeister, 1842 from Armenia with taxonomic notes on Cetonia floricola fausti Kraatz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)". Zootaxa. 4231 (1): 100–106. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.6. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   28187552.

• 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