Protaetia aurichalcea

Protaetia aurichalcea is a species of flower-chafer beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Asia.

Protaetia aurichalcea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Protaetia
Species:	P. aurichalcea
Binomial name
Protaetia aurichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Cetonia aurichalcea Fabricius, 1775 Cetonia maculata Fabricius, 1781 Scarabaeus antheus Voet, 1779

The ground colour of the beetle is bronze with white markings on the elytra. Males have spiny apical elytral angles showing up as a raised ridge along the elytral suture.^[1] Like other flower-beetles, adults visit flowers but they are known to sometimes visit beehives and feed on pollen collected.^[2][3]

Biology

Adults are known to form aggregations on crops such as maize, and sorghum from earheads.^[4]

A nematode, Teratorhabditis andrassyi has been observed to show ectophoretic association with the beetle.^[5]

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