Cetonia

Rose chafer Cetonia aurata, copyright Chrumps.

Belongs within: Cetoniinae.

Cetonia is a Eurasian genus of metallic-coloured chafers. The rose chafer C. aurata is widespread across the Palaearctic realm with adults feeding on nectar, pollen and flower petals during warmer parts of the year (Bouchard 2014).

<==Cetonia B14
    |--C. (Cetonia) B14
    |    |--C. (C.) aeratula B14
    |    |--C. (C.) aurata (Linnaeus 1761) B14
    |    |--C. (C.) carthami B14
    |    |--C. (C.) cypriaca B14
    |    `--C. (C.) delagrangei B14
    `--C. (Cremastocheilus) castanea Rusch 1801 G20 [=Cremastocheilus castaneus L02]

Cetonia incertae sedis:
  C. advena M86
  C. cacicus L02
  C. carmelita L02
  C. ciliata [=Protaetia ciliata] G89b
  C. eremita [=Trichius eremita] L02
  C. felina Gory & Percheron 1833 CW92
  C. mixta G89b
  C. papua [=Lomaptera papua] B35
  C. sinensis L02
  C. speculifera B35
  C. strigicollis Kraatz 1885 G89b
  C. taciturna B35
  C. thoracica G89a
  C. ursus [=Melolontha ursus] L02
  C. vulpes [=Melolontha vulpes] L02
  C. xanthopus Boisduval 1835 B35

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[CW92] Cassis, G., & T. A. Weir. 1992. Cetoniinae. In: Houston, W. W. K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea pp. 426–454. AGPS Press: Canberra.

[G89a] Gestro, R. 1889a. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso “Esploratore” dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[G89b] Gestro, R. 1889b. Sopra alcune cetonie dell’isola Nias e della costa occidentale di Sumatra raccolte dal Dott. Elio Modigliani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 93–99.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 21–126.

Last updated: 1 May 2021.