Chrysina resplendens

Summary

Chrysina resplendens is a scarab beetle found in mid-elevation forests in Costa Rica and western Panama.[1][2][3] This beetle is typically shiny golden and has a length of 25–29 mm (0.98–1.14 in).[1]

Chrysina resplendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Chrysina
Species:
C. resplendens
Binomial name
Chrysina resplendens
(Boucard, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Plusiotis resplendens Boucard, 1875

References edit

  1. ^ a b Barria, M.D. (2023). A Monographic Revision of The Jewel Scarabs Genus Chrysina from Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini). Zea Books, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. pp. 63–65, 77. doi:10.32873/unl.dc.zea.1345. ISBN 978-1-60962-286-2.
  2. ^ "Chrysina resplendens (Boucard)". Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum - Division of Entomology. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ Henderson, Carrol L. (2002). Field guide to the wildlife of Costa Rica. University of Texas Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-292-73459-3.

Further reading edit

  • Boucard, Adolphe (1875). "Monographic list of the Coleoptera of the genus Plusiotis of America, north of Panama, with descriptions of several new species". Proc Zool Soc Lond: 119.
  • Michelson, A.A. (1911). "On metallic colouring in birds and insects". Philosophical Magazine. Series 6. 21 (124): 554–567. doi:10.1080/14786440408637061.
  • Hegedüs, Ramón; Győző Szélb; Gábor Horváth (September 2006). "Imaging polarimetry of the circularly polarizing cuticle of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Rutelidae, Cetoniidae)" (PDF). Vision Research. 46 (17): 2786–2797. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.02.007. PMID 16564066. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

External links edit

  • Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Chrysina resplendens (Boucard)