Plaesiorrhina cinctuta

Plaesiorrhina cinctuta
Plaesiorrhina cinctuta from Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Plaesiorrhina
Species:	P. cinctuta
Binomial name
Plaesiorrhina cinctuta (Voet, 1779)
Synonyms
Scarabaeus cinctutus Voet, 1779 (Unavailable) Cetonia taenia Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 Plaesiorrhina recurva v. plagiata Kraatz, 1900 Plaesiorrhina ugandensis Heath, 1903 Plaesiorrhina ugandensis decepta Janson, 1911 Plaesiorrhina erythraeana Schürhoff, 1935 Plaesiorrhina cinctuta kerionis Allard, 1991

Plaesiorrhina cinctuta is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

Plaesiorrhina cinctuta can reach a length of 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in). The basic colour is dark green, with a transversal orange band on the elytra.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Afrotropical region (mainly in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Uganda).

References

• Biolib
• Universal Biological Indexer

External links

• World Field Guide
• Curiosité
• Beetle Space