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

Photos (5 photos)

Euphoria sepulcralis
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(c) Judy Gallagher@BY-SA
Euphoria sepulcralis
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(c) Dusty@BY-NC
Euphoria sepulcralis
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(c) Thomas Shahan@BY-NC
Euphoria sepulcralis
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(c) Marley Diehl@BY-NC
Euphoria sepulcralis
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(c) Bob O'Kennon@BY-NC

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.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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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.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
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.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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