Bombodes

Bombodes
B. westwoodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Genus: Bombodes
Westwood, 1848
Type species
Bombodes ursus
Westwood, 1848.

Bombodes is a genus of flower chafers. They are characterized by a bumble-bee like patterning in black and yellow with hairy covering over their bodies. About eight species are known, distributed mostly along the Himalayan ranges and surrounding regions.

Species that have been described in the genus include:

References

  1. ↑ Krikken, J. (1977). "The Asian genus Pleuronota Kraatz and allied forms: a clarification (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 51 (13): 199–209.
  2. ↑ Huang H.; Chen CH.-CH. (2015). "Description of a new species of the genus Bombodes Westwood, 1848 from SE Tibet, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Taenioderini)". Anima.X. 68: 1–10.
  3. ↑ Jakl, Stanislav; Hava, Jiri (2020). "A contribution to knowledge of Bombodes Westwood, 1848 with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Taenioderini)" (PDF). Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series. 16 (1): 133–139.