Cotinis
Sign in to saveCotinis is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae found throughout North and South America. At least two species (Cotinis mutabilis and Cotinis nitida) are common pests. The genus was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1842.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 405
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, IFIT-CP, IIZD-UASLP, TTU, CHAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- Cetoniinae
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Cotinis is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae found throughout North and South America. At least two species (Cotinis mutabilis and Cotinis nitida) are common pests. The genus was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1842.
==Species== The genus contains the following species: Cotinis aliena Woodruff, 2008 Cotinis antonii (Dugés, 1878) Cotinis barthelemyi (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Cotinis beraudi Delgado, 1998 Cotinis boylei Goodrich, 1966 Cotinis columbica Burmeister, 1842 Cotinis fuscopicea Goodrich, 1966 Cotinis ibarrai Deloya & Ratcliffe, 1988 Cotinis impia (Fall, 1905) Cotinis laticornis Bates, 1889 Cotinis lebasi (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Cotinis lemoulti Antoine, 2007 Cotinis mutabilis (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1764) Cotinis olivia Bates, 1889 Cotinis orientalis Deloya & Ratcliffe, 1988 Cotinis pauperula Burmeister, 1847 Cotinis polita Janson, 1876 Cotinis pokornyi Deloya, Ibáñez-Bernal, & Nogueira, 2000 Cotinis producta Bates, 1889 Cotinis pueblensis Bates, 1889 Cotinis punctatostriata Bates, 1889 Cotinis rufipennis Bates, 1889 Cotinis sinitoc Deloya, Ibáñez-Bernal, & Nogueira, 2000 Cotinis sphyracera Deloya & Ratcliffe, 1988 Cotinis subviolacea (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Cotinis viridicyanea (Perbosc, 1839)
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