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Tephraea

Tephraea is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

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Tephraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Tribe: Cetoniini
Genus: Tephraea
Burmeister, 1842
Synonyms
  • Pseudaplasta Kraatz, 1898
  • Jothochilus Kolbe, 1892
  • Psadacoptera Kraatz, 1882
  • Anaplasta Burmeister, 1847
  • Aplasta Schaum, 1844

Tephraea is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.12

Species

  • Tephraea albofasciata (Moser, 1909)
  • Tephraea carinicollis (Moser, 1918)
  • Tephraea cinctipennis (Kraatz, 1900)
  • Tephraea cinerea (Kraatz, 1898)
  • Tephraea dichroa (Schaum, 1844)
  • Tephraea leucomelona (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
  • Tephraea morosa Schaum, 1848
  • Tephraea pagenstecheri (Preiss, 1902)
  • Tephraea pulverulenta (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
  • Tephraea ruteri (Basilewsky, 1956)
  • Tephraea setifera Moser, 1908
  • Tephraea simonsi (Janson, 1877)
  • Tephraea simulatrix (Kraatz, 1882)
  • Tephraea sternalis Moser, 1908
  • Tephraea undulata (Kolbe, 1892)
References

References

  1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tephraea at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2026.