Redescription and distribution of the rare flower chafer, Periphanesthes aurora (Motschulsky, 1858) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

JIAN-YUE QIU; HAO XU; LI CHEN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.5

Issue: Vol. 3847 No. 2: 7 Aug. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-08-07

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.5

Page range: 259–266

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**Redescription and distribution of the rare flower chafer, Periphanesthes aurora (Motschulsky, 1858) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)**

JIAN-YUE QIU⁺⁻
HAO XU⁺⁻
LI CHEN⁺⁻

College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, P. R. China.

The Bureau of Forest Resource Management of Mt. Simianshan, Chongqing 402296, P. R. China.

College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, P. R. China.

Scarabaeidae Cetoniinae Goliathini Coryphocerina Periphanesthes Bonsiella flower beetle Asia

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Abstract

This paper includes a detailed redescription of the monotypic genus Periphanesthes Kraatz, 1880 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) and its type species, Periphanesthes aurora (Motschulsky, 1858), based on the lectotype (designated within) and additional specimens. Illustrations of external features and parameres are also provided. The distribution of P. aurora is studied, and its new distribution records are mapped. Bonsiella Ruter, 1965 is confirmed as a junior synonym of Periphanesthes Kraatz, 1880.