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Tropinota squalida

Synonyms: Scarabaeus squalida (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Tropinota squalida is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. These beetles are mainly found in France, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Spain, in the Near East and in North Africa. Larvae feed on roots, while the adults can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers. They are 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long.
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Infraspecies

Tropinota squalida canariensis
Tropinota squalida squalida

Predators

Burhinus oedicnemus (Eurasian Stone-curlew)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Cistus salviifolius (salvia cistus)[2]
Salvia rosmarinus (rosemary)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1SEASONAL VARIATION OF THE DIET OF THE STONE CURLEW BURHINUS OEDICNEMUS DISTINCTUS AT THE ISLAND OF LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS, LUISA GIANNANGELI, AUGUSTO DE SANCTIS, REBECCA MANGINELLI & FÉLIX M. MEDINA, ARDEA 92(2), 2004
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
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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