Pseudochalcothea virens
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| Pseudochalcothea virens from Sumatra. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochalcothea |
| Species: | P. virens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochalcothea virens Ritsema, 1879 | |
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Pseudochalcothea virens is a species of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae and subfamily Cetoniinae.
Description
Pseudochalcothea virens can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length and a breadth of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) at the shoulders. Upper surface is completely green and the antennae and palpi are brown.
Distribution
This species occurs in Sumatra.
References
- Sakai, K., 1993. Note on the Genus Pseudochalcothea Ritsema (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from Borneo. Gekkan-Mushi (269): 4–11.
- Hermann Schlegel Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden
- Zipcodezoo Species Identifier[link removed]
- Pseudochalcothea virens