Euphoria (beetle)
Euphoria | |
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Euphoria fulgida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Tribe: | Cetoniini |
Genus: | Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 |
Species | |
59, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Euphoriopsis |
Euphoria is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae, the flower or fruit chafers. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina. They are most diverse in Mexico and Central America.[1] As of 2012, there are 59 species in the genus.[2]
Description and biology[]
Euphoria species can be highly variable in color and pattern making species identification difficult.[3]
The larvae are generally found buried a few centimeters deep in soil rich in organic matter such as compost, dung, animal burrows, packrat middens, and ant nests.[1] In at least some species, the pupa develops in a subterranean cell with a thin wall made of feces mixed with soil.[1] Some species overwinter as adults, and others as larvae.[1]
Diversity[]
Species include:[2]
- Euphoria anneae
- Euphoria areata
- Euphoria basalis
- Euphoria biguttata
- Euphoria canescens
- Euphoria casselberryi
- Euphoria devulsa
- Euphoria discicollis
- Euphoria fascifera
- Euphoria fulgida
- Euphoria herbacea
- Euphoria hirtipes
- Euphoria histrionica
- Euphoria inda
- Euphoria kernii
- Euphoria monticola
- Euphoria pilipennis
- Euphoria quadricollis
- Euphoria sepulcralis
- Euphoria verticalis
References[]
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- ^ a b c d Micó, E., et al. (2000). New larval descriptions for two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larvae and a review of the larval biology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(4), 795-801.
- ^ a b Orozco, J. (2012). Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin (11), 1-182.
- ^ Orozco, J. (2009). A new generic and new specific synonym in the genus Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini). Insecta Mundi (65), 1-4.
- Cetoniinae
- Beetles of North America
- Beetles of South America
- Cetoniinae stubs