Vondráček, Dominik;Hadjiconstantis, Michael;Šípek, Petr
Oxythyrea
Sign in to saveOxythyrea is a genus of chafer beetles. Members are typically about 10–15 mm in size, and are usually black with white dots or lines on the thorax, elytra, and abdomen; each species has its own distinctive pattern. Oxythyrea are active during the day, and are often found on flowers, feeding.
Species
Mediterranean Spotted Chafer
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
Oxythyrea (Mulsant, 1842) è un genere di coleotteri appartenenti alla famiglia degli Scarabeidi (sottofamiglia Cetoniinae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 35
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- KU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, TAMU, PSUC, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Tanzania, Algeria, Hungary, South Africa, Lesotho
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cetoniidae
- Image
- Oxythyrea cinctella.jpg
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- Oxythyrea
- taxon name
- Oxythyrea
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Oxythyrea
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Oxythyrea is a genus of chafer beetles. Members are typically about 10–15 mm in size, and are usually black with white dots or lines on the thorax, elytra, and abdomen; each species has its own distinctive pattern. Oxythyrea are active during the day, and are often found on flowers, feeding.
==Species== Oxythyrea abigail Oxythyrea albopicta Oxythyrea cinctella Oxythyrea cinctelloides Oxythyrea densata Oxythyrea dulcis Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea groenbechi Oxythyrea guttifera Oxythyrea noemi Oxythyrea pantherina Oxythyrea producta Oxythyrea subcalva Oxythyrea tripolitana
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