Atrichiana
| Atrichiana | |
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| Velvety east coast fruit chafer (Atrichiana placida) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Genus: | Atrichiana Distant, 1911 |
Atrichiana is a genus of flower chafer beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is endemic to the south-eastern coast of Southern Africa.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The genus contains 2 species:[3]
- Atrichiana placida - Velvety east coast fruit chafer
- Atrichiana jenisi
References
- ↑ "Atrichiana Distant, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Distant, W. L. (1911). Insecta Transvaaliensa. A contribution to a knowledge of the entomology of South Africa. Vol. 1. London: W.L.Distant. pp. 253–299.
- ↑ Perissinotto, Renzo (2016-02-08). "Description of the female of Haematonotus jenisi Krajcik, 2006 and placement of the species within the genus Atrichiana Distant, 1911 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)". ZooKeys (561): 39–49. Bibcode:2016ZooK..561...39P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.561.6136. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4768365. PMID 27006615.
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