| Rhinocoeta | |
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| Rhinocoeta (Haematonotus) hauseri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Xiphoscelidini |
| Genus: | Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842 |
| Synonyms | |
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Lipoclita Péringuey, 19071 | |
Rhinocoeta, the dung fruit chafers, is a genus of colorful beetles belonging to the subfamily Cetoniinae, family Scarabaeidae.
Taxonomy
Subgenus Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842
- Rhinocoeta armata Boheman, 1857
- Rhinocoeta cornuta (Fabricius, 1781)
- Rhinocoeta limbaticollis Péringuey, 1901
- Rhinocoeta maraisi Holm, 19921
- Rhinocoeta namaqua Perissinotto, 2019
- Rhinocoeta sanguinipes (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Subgenus Haematonotus Kraatz, 18801
- Rhinocoeta leonardi Beinhundner, 20132
- Rhinocoeta turbida (Boheman, 1860)
- Rhinocoeta hauseri (Kraatz, 1896)
Former species
- Rhinocoeta jenisi Krajcik, 2006 (now in Atrichiana)
- Rhinocoeta ruteri Basilewsky, 1956
References
References
- Holm, E. (1992). "Revision of the African Cetoniinae VI: genera Rhinocoeta Burmeister, Xiphosceloides gen. nov. and Rhixiphloea Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 35 (27): 383–398. hdl:10520/AJA00411752_93.
- Beinhundner, Gerhard (2013). "Description of a new species of Rhinocoeta (Haematonotus) Kraatz 1880 from Democratic Republic of Congo and a new species of Dymusia Burmeister, 1842 from West Africa (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae)". Entomologia Africana. 18 (1): 37–43.