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Leucocelis Burmeister 1842

  • 1. Queensland Museum Kurilpa, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia
  • 2. Langeveldstraat, 23, 3020 Herent, Belgium

Description

Leucocelis Burmeister,1842

[110species and 16additional subspecies].

Type species Cetonia haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation of Arrow (1910).

Homalothyrea Kolbe, 1895a. Type species Leucocelis franki Janson,1888,by original designation.Synonymy by Holm & Marais (1992).

Leucocelis (Erythroderma) Kolbe, 1895a. Type species Cetonia rubra Gory & Percheron, 1833, by monotypy. Synonymy by Marais & Holm (1992).

Trichothyrea Kolbe, 1895a. Type species Oxythyrea mulsanti Guérin-Méneville, 1847, by monotypy. Synonymy by Antoine (1997b).

Leucocelis (Heterostetha) Moser, 1911a, as Heterostetha. Type species Heterostetha kristensi Moser, 1911, by monotypy.Status revised to Leucocelis (Heterostetha) by Antoine (1997b).

Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) Bourgoin, 1913, as Amauroleucocelis. Type species Amauroleucocelis jeanneli Bourgoin, 1913, by monotypy. Status revised to Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) by Antoine (2002a).

Leucocelis (Acheilosis) Ruter, 1967b. Type species Oxythyrea lunata Reiche,1847, by original designation. Synonymy by Antoine (2002a).

Notes

Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 1-103 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13273023

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Burmeister
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Leucocelis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Leucocelis Burmeister, 1842 sec. Allsopp & Schoolmeesters, 2024

References

  • Burmeister, H. C. C. (1842) Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Melitophila. Volume 3. Enslin, Berlin, Germany, xxii + 828 pp.
  • Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi & Lipsiae, Germany, 32 + 832 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36510
  • Arrow, G. J. (1910) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Lamellicornia (Cetoniinae and Dynastinae). Taylor & Francis, London, United Kingdom. xiv + 322 pp.
  • Kolbe, H. J. (1895 a) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der melitophilen Lamellicornier. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung, 56, 271 - 293.
  • Janson, O. E. (1888) Descriptions of new Cetoniidae. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 10, 107 - 117.
  • Marais, E. & Holm, E. (1992) Type catalogue and bibliography of the Cetoniinae of Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding Trichiini and Valgini). Cimbebasia Memoirs, 8, 1 - 125.
  • Gory, M. H. & Percheron, M. A. (1833) Monographie des cetoines et genres voisins, formant dans les familles naturelles de Latreille, le division des scarabees melitophiles. J. B. Baillieres, Paris, France, 64 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8957
  • Antoine, P. (1997 b) Notes sur la systematique des genres voisins d' Oxythyrea et Leucocelis (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). Coleopteres, 3, 175 - 208.
  • Moser, J. (1911 a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden IX. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 55, 119 - 129.
  • Bourgoin, A. (1913) Description de cetonides nouveaux de l'Afrique orientale et de Madagascar [Col. Scarabaeidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 14, 333 - 338. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 1913.25374
  • Antoine, P. (2002 a) Contribution a la connaissance des Cetoniidae africains (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Coleopteres, 8, 65 - 92.
  • Ruter, G. (1967 b) Contribution a l'etude du genre Leucocelis Burmeister (Col. Scarab. Cetoniinae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africains, 76, 37 - 42.