| Cotinis | |
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| Cotinis mutabilis, the figeater beetle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Gymnetini |
| Genus: | Cotinis Burmeister, 1842 |
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Cotinis is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae found throughout North and South America. At least two species (Cotinis mutabilis and Cotinis nitida) are common pests.[1] The genus was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1842.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Cotinis aliena Woodruff, 2008
- Cotinis antonii (Dugés, 1878)
- Cotinis barthelemyi (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Cotinis beraudi Delgado, 1998
- Cotinis boylei Goodrich, 1966
- Cotinis columbica Burmeister, 1842
- Cotinis fuscopicea Goodrich, 1966
- Cotinis ibarrai Deloya & Ratcliffe, 1988
- Cotinis impia (Fall, 1905)
- Cotinis laticornis Bates, 1889
- Cotinis lebasi (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Cotinis lemoulti Antoine, 2007
- Cotinis mutabilis (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Cotinis olivia Bates, 1889
- Cotinis orientalis Deloya & Ratcliffe, 1988
- Cotinis pauperula Burmeister, 1847
- Cotinis polita Janson, 1876
- Cotinis pokornyi Deloya, Ibáñez-Bernal, & Nogueira, 2000
- Cotinis producta Bates, 1889
- Cotinis pueblensis Bates, 1889
- Cotinis punctatostriata Bates, 1889
- Cotinis rufipennis Bates, 1889
- Cotinis sinitoc Deloya, Ibáñez-Bernal, & Nogueira, 2000
- Cotinis sphyracera Deloya & Ratcliffe, 1988
- Cotinis subviolacea (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Cotinis viridicyanea (Perbosc, 1839)
References
- ^ Woodruff, Robert (December 5, 2008). "The genus Cotinis Burmeister in the eastern United States, with description of a new species from the Florida Keys, including a checklist of the genus". Insecta Mundi. DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. p. 9. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
- ^ "Cotinis". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
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