Euphoria (beetle)

Euphoria is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae, the flower or fruit chafers. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina. They are most diverse in Mexico and Central America.[1] As of 2012, there are 59 species in the genus.[2]

Euphoria
Euphoria fulgida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Cetoniinae
Genus:
Euphoria

Species

59, see text

Synonyms

Euphoriopsis

Description and biology

Euphoria species can be highly variable in color and pattern making species identification difficult.[3]

The larvae are generally found buried a few centimeters deep in soil rich in organic matter such as compost, dung, animal burrows, packrat middens, and ant nests.[1] In at least some species, the pupa develops in a subterranean cell with a thin wall made of feces mixed with soil.[1] Some species overwinter as adults, and others as larvae.[1]

Diversity
Euphoria herbacea
Euphoria inda
Euphoria kernii
Euphoria sepulcralis

Species include:[2]

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gollark: Hydrogen is cheap.

References
  1. Micó, E., et al. (2000). New larval descriptions for two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larvae and a review of the larval biology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(4), 795-801.
  2. Orozco, J. (2012). Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin (11), 1-182.
  3. Orozco, J. (2009). A new generic and new specific synonym in the genus Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini). Insecta Mundi (65), 1-4.


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