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Cetonia aurata (Rose chafer)

Synonyms: Scarabaeus aurata (homotypic)
Language: Dutch, Flemish; French

Wikipedia Abstract

Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 mm (¾ in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum. The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it may show several small, irregular, white lines and marks. The underside of the beetle has a coppery colour, and its upper side is sometimes bronze, copper, violet, blue/black, or grey.
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Infraspecies

Cetonia aurata aurata
Cetonia aurata jingkelii
Cetonia aurata naxiana
Cetonia aurata pallida
Cetonia aurata pisana
Cetonia aurata pokornyi
Cetonia aurata sicula

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Quercus ilex (Holly Oak)[1]

Predators

Coracias garrulus (European Roller)[2]
Pseudopus apodus (Armored glass lizard)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus[4]
Oscheius pseudodolichura[4]
Spirura talpae[4]
Pollinator of 
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)[1]
Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Sosnowski, J., & Chmielewski, S. (1996). Breeding biology of the roller Coracias garrulus in Puszcza Pilicka forest (Central Poland). Acta ornithologica, 31(2), 119-131.
♦ 3Pseudopus apodus (PALLAS, 1775) from Jordan, with notes on its ecology (Sqamata: Sauria: Anguidae), LINA RIFAI & MOHAMMAD ABU BAKER & DARWEESH AL SHAFEI & AHMAD DISI & AHMAD MAHASNEH & ZUHAIR AMR, HERPETOZOA 18 (3/4): 133 - 140, Dezember 2005
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0