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Narrative
Flower Beetles (Cetoniinae subfamily) is a group of scarab beetles that typically feed as adults on flowers of various plants. Many of the species are very beautifully colored. Although there are a few interesting species in this subfamily found in the New World, the vast majority of the large and colorful species are found in Africa and the Indo-Australian regions. Kaoru Sakai estimates that there are about 3,200 known species of flower beetles.
Scarab Beetles, family Scarabaeidae, are worldwide in distribution. They usually have a small club-like antennae. For ease in information retrieval, the subfamilies of this extremely large family are treated herein as a separate families.
Scarab Family of Beetles has been arbitrarily divided here into the following groups:
Cetoniinae Subfamily - Flower Beetles
Dynastinae Subfamily - Rhino or Horned Beetles
Scarabaeinae Subfamily - Dung Beetles and related
Melolinthinae Subfamily - June beetles and related
Ruteliinae, etc. - Rest of the scarabs
Taxonomy
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Coleoptera
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Beetles
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Family
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Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae
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Beetles - Flower Beetles
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SubFamily
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References
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| Goliathini II - Volume 6 | Allard, VIncent | Thus thorough work covers the Eudicella, Megalorhina, Amaurodes, Coelorrhina, and related genera of African flower beetles. All species are pictured in the 17 genera covered. |
| The Beetles | Jacques, H.E. | About 900 pictures od beetles are displayed in line drawings, and another 600 are discussed making this a useful reference for identifying many of the most common and larger beetles of North America. |
| Beetles | White, Richard E. | This field guide gives an overview of the common and larger beetles of the United States. |
| Beetles | Reitter, Ewald | This beautifully illustrated book covers some of the giant and exotic beetles of the world. It was originally published in German, and then republished in English. The photography and printing of this book make it one of the most lavish books ever published. The color plates of the various giant and colorful beetles are truly excellent. This survey book pictures about 100 different specimens portrayed on about 60 folio sized color plates. |
| Introduction to North American Beetles | Papp, Charles S. | This book provides an introduction to the beetles of North America. With over 1,000 species discussed and illustrated with line drawings, this book takes a giant step forward in introducing one to the beetles of North America. However, the student of large and colorful species might be disappointed, as several of the larger and better known species are not included in this survey. (Dynastes granti, Pseudolucanus capreolus, Pseudolucanus placidus, and Pseudolucanus mazama, for example, are not included) |
| A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida | Peck, Stewart | A taxonmic list of all the species of beetles known to occur in Florida. |
| Beetles of the Pacific Northwest - Part V | Hatch, Melville H. | This is one of the series on the beetles of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. With 662 pages, this book covers in detail the species within each part. With very detailed keys for each species, this work covers the beetles quite adequately. The lack of color pictures, makes this a difficult book for the amateur. The Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Curculionidae are included in this volume. |
| Arthropods of Florida - Distributional Checklist of the Beetles of Florida | Peck, Stewart B. | This scientific work lists the species of beetles found in Florida, and also gives their range. The work is organized by families and subfamilies, and it is easy to use. |
| Insects of Japan - Coleoptera | Nakane, Takehiko | This work was published in Japan in Japanese. Although the text is in Japanese, the color plates are identified with Latin scientific names. This volume covers various beetle families such as the Lucanidae, Scarabaedae, Carabidae, Ceramybcidae, and Cicindellidae. |
| Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon | Woodhouse, L.G.O. | This older work supplies excellent color plates and excellent text of the butterflies of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). |
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