| Bombodes | |
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| B. westwoodi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Genus: | Bombodes Westwood, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Bombodes ursus Westwood, 1848.
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Bombodes is a genus of flower chafers. They are characterized by a bumble-bee like patterning in black and yellow with hairy covering over their bodies. About eight species are known, distributed mostly along the Himalayan ranges and surrounding regions.1
Species that have been described in the genus include:2
- Bombodes alinae Jakl & Hava, 20203
- Bombodes tangi Huang & Chen, 2015
- Bombodes westwoodi Thomson, 1857
- Bombodes ursus Westwood, 1848
- Bombodes dejeani Pouillaude, 1914
- Bombodes vitalisi Bourgoin, 1914
- (possibly synonymous) Bombodes affinis Bourgoin, 1917
- Bombodes nigellus Bourgoin, 1916
- Bombodes klapperichi Schein, 1953
References
References
- Krikken, J. (1977). "The Asian genus Pleuronota Kraatz and allied forms: a clarification (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 51 (13): 199–209.
- Huang H.; Chen CH.-CH. (2015). "Description of a new species of the genus Bombodes Westwood, 1848 from SE Tibet, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Taenioderini)". Anima.X. 68: 1–10.
- Jakl, Stanislav; Hava, Jiri (2020). "A contribution to knowledge of Bombodes Westwood, 1848 with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Taenioderini)" (PDF). Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series. 16 (1): 133–139.