Euphoria sepulcralis
TaxID: 2680443
Basic Information
Euphoria sepulcralis
Dark Flower Scarab
Euphoria sepulcralis, the dark flower scarab, is a species of scarab beetle in the subfamily Cetoniinae. It is 9 C11 millimetres (0.35 C0.43 in) long and is brown in color. It is found in North America in countries such as Mexico and southern and Central United States.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Euphoria
sepulcralis
unclassified
Species
nan
k__Metazoa;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Coleoptera;f__Scarabaeidae;g__Euphoria;s__Euphoria sepulcralis
nan
Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
Body length 10–14 mm. Surface shiny, dark brown to black with variable green or violaceous reflections. Head with clypeus weakly raised at apex; antennal club shorter than stem in both sexes, slightly shorter in males, much shorter in females. Pronotum moderately densely to densely punctate; punctures round to lunulate, moderate in size, denser and confluent towards apex and sides, sparsely to densely setose; frequently with a whitish, cretaceous band on lateral margin. Elytra with punctures moderate in size, round, coalescent, glabrous to moderately densely setose. Venter: mesometasternal process extended well beyond mesocoxae, glabrous on mesosternal lobe, apex rounded, flat, or slightly pointed; metasternum rugose, setose laterally, glabrous, impunctate at middle; mesepimera, metasternum, and metacoxae setose. Legs with setae distributed along entire width of segment, moderate to long, whitish to yellowish. Pygidium sparsely setose laterally, glabrous to sparsely setose medially; glabrous to moderately densely setose, setae short to moderate, whitish to yellowish.
Plazi taxonomic treatment
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (2 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | Quarantine pests | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (7 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | Present | — |
| Costa Rica | Present | — |
| Cayman Islands | Present | — |
| Mexico | Present | — |
| Portugal | Present | — |
| Uruguay | Present | — |
| United States of America | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
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