Rhinocoeta

Rhinocoeta
Rhinocoeta (Haematonotus) hauseri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Xiphoscelidini
Genus: Rhinocoeta
Burmeister, 1842
Synonyms

Lipoclita Péringuey, 1907

Rhinocoeta, the dung fruit chafers, is a genus of colorful beetles belonging to the subfamily Cetoniinae, family Scarabaeidae.

Taxonomy

Subgenus Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842

Subgenus Haematonotus Kraatz, 1880

Former species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Holm, E. (1992). "Revision of the African Cetoniinae VI: genera Rhinocoeta Burmeister, Xiphosceloides gen. nov. and Rhixiphloea Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 35 (27): 383–398. hdl:10520/AJA00411752_93.
  2. ↑ Beinhundner, Gerhard (2013). "Description of a new species of Rhinocoeta (Haematonotus) Kraatz 1880 from Democratic Republic of Congo and a new species of Dymusia Burmeister, 1842 from West Africa (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae)". Entomologia Africana. 18 (1): 37–43.