Mecynorhina [1] (lat.) Is a genus of large beetles from the bronze subfamily of the lamellar family, common in Central and Southeast Africa .
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 Mecynorhina ugandensis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mecynorhina Hope , 1837 |
Old Classification
The genus previously included only 3 species:
- Mecynorhina oberthuri (Fairmaire, 1903)
- Mecynorhina torquata (Drury, 1782)
- Mecynorhina ugandensis (Moser, 1907)
Some authors consider Mecynorrhina ugandensis as a subspecies of Mecynorrhina torquata .
New classification
Following an audit of De Palma & Frantz (lc), the genus is currently divided into five subgenera:
- Mecynorhina Hope, 1837 (= Chelorrhina Burmeister, 1842) [2]
- Mecynorhina oberthuri Fairmaire, 1903
- Mecynorhina polyphemus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Mecynorhina torquata (Drury, 1782)
- Mecynorrhinella Marais & Holm, 1992
- Mecynorrhina ugandensis (Moser, 1907) (subspecies of Mecynorhina torquata Hope, 1837)
- Chelorhinella De Palma & Frantz, 2010
- Megalorhina Westwood, 1847
- Amaurodes Westwood, 1844 (= Chelorrhina Burmeister, 1842) [3]
- Mecynorhina harrisi (Westwood, 1847)
- Mecynorhina kraatzi (Moser, 1905)
- Mecynorhina passerinii (Westwood, 1844)
- Mecynorhina savagei Harris, 1844
Mecynorhina ugandensis
Mecynorrhina torquata immaculicollis
Mecynorhina ugandensis var
Mecynorhina ugandensis' var. kuntzeni
Mecynorhina (= Chelorrhina) kraatzi
Mecynorhina (= Chelorrhina) savagei