Biology:Gametis forticula

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Short description: Species of beetle

Gametis forticula
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gametis
Species:
G. forticula
Binomial name
Gametis forticula
(Janson, 1881)
Synonyms

Oxycetonia jucunbda Nomura, 1959[1]
Glycyphana forficula Janson, 1881[2]

Gametis forticula[3] is a species of beetle described by Oliver Erichson Janson in 1881. Gametis forticula belongs to the genus Gametis and the family Cetoniidae.[4][5] Forticula is present in Southern Japan and Taiwan archipelagos.[6]

Subspecies

The species is divided into the following subspecies:[4]

  • Gametis forticula lutaoensis
  • Gametis forticula kotoensis
  • Gametis forticula yonakuniana

References

  1. Nomura S. (1959) Notes on the Japanese Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with two subspecies from Formosa, Toho-Gakuho. Tokyo 9:39–54
  2. Schoch G. (1896) Nachtrag II & III zu Schoch: Die Genera und Species meiner Cetonidensammlung, Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft. Lausanne 9:378–401
  3. Janson O.E. (1881) Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae Nr.7, Cistula entomologica 2(24):603–611
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK.. 2011. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/gametis+forticula/match/1. 
  5. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database, Schoolmeesters P., 2011-05-30
  6. "Gametis forticula (Janson, 1881)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1084505. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14877769 entry