Pseudochalcothea virens

Pseudochalcothea virens
Pseudochalcothea virens from Sumatra.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Pseudochalcothea
Species:	P. virens
Binomial name
Pseudochalcothea virens Ritsema, 1879
Synonyms
Chalcothea virens Ritsema, 1879

Pseudochalcothea virens is a species of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae and subfamily Cetoniinae.

Description

Pseudochalcothea virens can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length and a breadth of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) at the shoulders. Upper surface is completely green and the antennae and palpi are brown.

Distribution

This species occurs in Sumatra.

References

• Sakai, K., 1993. Note on the Genus PseudochalcotheaRitsema (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from Borneo. Gekkan-Mushi (269): 4–11.
• Hermann Schlegel Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden
• Zipcodezoo Species Identifier
• Pseudochalcothea virens