Pseudochalcothea virens

Pseudochalcothea virens
	Pseudochalcothea virens from Sumatra.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Pseudochalcothea
Species:	P. virens
Binomial name
	Pseudochalcothea virens; Ritsema, 1879
Synonyms
	Chalcothea virens Ritsema, 1879;

Pseudochalcothea virens is a species of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae and subfamily Cetoniinae.

Description

Pseudochalcothea virens can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length and a breadth of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) at the shoulders. Upper surface is completely green and the antennae and palpi are brown.

Distribution

This species occurs in Sumatra.

References

Sakai, K., 1993. Note on the Genus Pseudochalcothea Ritsema (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from Borneo. Gekkan-Mushi (269): 4–11.
Hermann Schlegel Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden
Zipcodezoo Species Identifier
Pseudochalcothea virens

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