Bombodes
| Bombodes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| B. westwoodi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. | |
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, 2020[3]
- 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
[edit]- ↑ 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.