Biology:Euphoria sepulcralis

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Short description: Species of beetle

Euphoria sepulcralis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Euphoria
Species:
E. sepulcralis
Binomial name
Euphoria sepulcralis
(Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Cetonia sepulcralis Fabricius, 1801
  • Euphoria rufina (Gory and Percheron)
  • Euphoria leucographa (Gory and Percheron)
  • Euphoria nitens Casey, 1915

Euphoria sepulcralis, the dark flower scarab, is a species of scarab beetle in the subfamily Cetoniinae. It is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) long and is brown in color. It is found in North America in countries such as Mexico and southern and Central United States.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Orozco, Jesús (2012). "Monographic Revision of the American Genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 1–182. doi:10.1649/0010-066X-66.mo4.1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14871321 entry