Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Cetoniidae (Rose chafers)
Protaetia cuprea (Fabricius, 1775)
Variabler Goldkäfer
Synonyms and other combinations:
Cetonia aenea Andersch, 1797 ? | Cetonia albiguttata Andersch, 1797 | Cetonia algerica Motschulsky, 1849 | Cetonia difficilis Mulsant, 1842 | Cetonia florentina Herbst, 1790 | Cetonia incerta Costa, 1852 | Potosia cuprea edda Leoni, 1910 | Potosia cuprea fidia Leoni, 1910 | Potosia cuprea infuscata Miksic, 1958 | Potosia cuprea maculosa Leoni, 1910 | Potosia cuprea malachitica Leoni, 1910 | Potosia cuprea nigrifulgens Mancini, 1924 | Potosia (Potosia) floricola nobilissima Reitter, 1891 |
(?: ambiguous synonym)
Classification:
Protaetia cuprea belongs to the subfamily Cetoniinae, tribe Cetoniini.References, further reading, links:
- Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
- Lothar Zerche (2000/2001): Der Rosenkäfer Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1761) - Das Insekt des Jahres 2000 (Col., Scarabaeidae). – Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte – 44: 1 - 3.
- UK Beetles