Trichius rosaceus
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Trichius rosaceus is a beetle
species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae
, subfamily Cetoniinae.
These beetles are present in most of Europe
, they are about 10 millimeters long and can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers.
The sides of the chest and the back of the abdomen are covered with a pubescence, hence the popular name of bee beetle
of Trichius species. Head and pronotum are black, while the elytra are yellowish, crossed by a few black bands.
Speaking in term of the design frequency, the first black band usually does not reaches the scutellum, other bands are incomplete and the second has a rectangular form. The color of hair usually is more orange-red (hence the name “rosaceus”) in respect of T. fasciatus. Median tibiae are without teeth. In male only the penultimate abdominal segment has a band of white hairs.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae as currently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family is fairly unstable, with numerous competing theories, and new proposals appearing quite...
, subfamily Cetoniinae.
These beetles are present in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, they are about 10 millimeters long and can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers.
The sides of the chest and the back of the abdomen are covered with a pubescence, hence the popular name of bee beetle
Bee beetle
The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Trichiinae, which is sometimes included in the Cetoniinae as a tribe.They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upperside of the elytra is usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands...
of Trichius species. Head and pronotum are black, while the elytra are yellowish, crossed by a few black bands.
Speaking in term of the design frequency, the first black band usually does not reaches the scutellum, other bands are incomplete and the second has a rectangular form. The color of hair usually is more orange-red (hence the name “rosaceus”) in respect of T. fasciatus. Median tibiae are without teeth. In male only the penultimate abdominal segment has a band of white hairs.
Subspecies
- Trichius rosaceus rosaceus (Voet, 1769)
- Trichius rosaceus zonatus Germar, 1794