Protaetia aurichalcea

Protaetia aurichalcea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Protaetia
Species:	P. aurichalcea
Binomial name
Protaetia aurichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Cetonia aurichalceaFabricius, 1775 Cetonia maculataFabricius, 1781 Scarabaeus antheusVoet, 1779

Protaetia aurichalcea is a species of flower-chafer beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Asia.

The ground colour of the beetle is bronze with white markings on the elytra. Males have spiny apical elytral angles showing up as a raised ridge along the elytral suture. ^[1] Like other flower-beetles, adults visit flowers but they are known to sometimes visit beehives and feed on pollen collected. ^{[2] [3]}

Biology

Adults are known to form aggregations on crops such as maize, and sorghum from earheads. ^[4]

A nematode, Teratorhabditis andrassyi has been observed to show ectophoretic association with the beetle. ^[5]

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References

1. Arrow, G.J. (1910). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia (Cetoniinae and Dynastinae). London: Taylor and Francis. pp.  143–144.
2. Rangarajan, D.V. (1964). "Protaetia aurichalcea F. (Cetonidae). A new beetle feeding on stores of Apis indica F.". Indian Bee Journal. 26 (2): 26.
3. "Life Cycle Studies of Prataetia aurichalcea (Cetoniinae: Cetonidae: Scarabaeidas) in household biocompost" (PDF). dspace.vpmthane.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
4. "Records of new Cetonides pests in Rajasthan State". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
5. "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Teratorhabditis andrassyi Tahseen & Jairajpuri, 1988 (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) isolated from Agricultural Pest, Protaetia aurichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) (Scarabidae)-Indian Journals". www.indianjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.