Species Protaetia fusca (Herbst, 1790)

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Species Protaetia fusca (Herbst, 1790)

Mottled Flower Scarab

Cetonia fusca Herbst, J.F.W. 1790. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten, von C.G. Jablonsky, fortgesetzt von J.F.W. Herbst. Berlin : Pauli Vol. 3 324 pp. [257].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, locality unknown.
Secondary source:
Arrow, G.J. 1910. The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Lamellicornia (Cetoniinae and Dynastinae). London : Taylor & Francis xiv 322 pp. 2 pls. [155].
Protaetia mandarinea Burmeister, H.C.C. 1842. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Melitophila. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 3 xxii 827 pp. [481].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ♂ ♀ specimens, Philippines (as Philippinen).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Krikken, J. 1984. A new key to the suprageneric taxa in the beetle family Cetoniidae, with annotated lists of the known genera. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 1984(210): 1-75 [57]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Oriental Region

Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

General References

Schenkling, S. 1921. Scarabaeidae: Cetoninae. pp. 1-431 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Scarabaeidae III. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XXI Pt 72. [256] (extralimital synonymy)

Simpson, G.B. 1990. Immature stages of Protaetia fusca (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with notes on biology. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 67-73

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory