Pedinorrhina cinctuta

Pedinorrhina cinctuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Goliathini
Subtribe: Rhomborhinina
Genus: Pedinorrhina
Species:
P. cinctuta
Binomial name
Pedinorrhina cinctuta
(Voet, 1779)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus cinctutus Voet, 1779 (Unavailable)
  • Cetonia taenia Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
  • Plaesiorrhina recurva v. plagiata Kraatz, 1900
  • Plaesiorrhina ugandensis Heath, 1903
  • Plaesiorrhina ugandensis decepta Janson, 1911
  • Plaesiorrhina erythraeana Schürhoff, 1935
  • Plaesiorrhina cinctuta kerionis Allard, 1991

Pedinorrhina cinctuta is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was placed into the genus Pedinorrhina by Holm in 1994,[1] but most subsequent authors (e.g.[2]) place it in the genus Chondrorrhina instead.

Description

Pedinorrhina cinctuta can reach a length of 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in). The basic colour is dark green, with a transversal orange band on the elytra.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Afrotropical region (mainly in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Uganda).

References

  1. ^ a b Holm, E. (1994) On the genera of African Cetoniinae 1: The genus Pedinorrhina Kraatz and related taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 19-29
  2. ^ Serrano, A. R. M., Capela, R. A., Nunes, T. & Santos, C. Van-Dú-Nem Neto (2020) The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes, Zootaxa 4776: 1-130


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