Euphoria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Cetoniinae
Tribus: Cetoniini
Subtribus: Euphoriina
Genus: Euphoria
Species (63): E. abreona – E. anneae – E. areata – E. avita – E. basalis – E. biguttata – E. bispinis – E. boliviensis – E. candezei – E. canaliculata – E. canescens – E. casselberryi – E. chontalensis – E. devulsa – E. dimidiata – E. diminuta – E. discicollis – E. eximia – E. fascifera – E. fulgida – E. fulveola – E. geminata – E. hera – E. herbacea – E. hidrocalida – E. hirtipes – E. histrionica – E. humilis – E. inda – E. insignis – E. iridescens – E. kernii – E. lacandona – E. leprosa – E. lesueuri – E. leucographa – E. levinotata – E. limbalis – E. lurida – E. mayita – E. melancholica – E. montana – E. monticola – E. mystica – E. nicaraguensis – E. paradisiaca – E. pilipennis – E. prepsli – E. pulchella – E. quadricollis – E. schotti – E. semicostata – E. sepulcralis – E. solidula – E. sonorae – E. steinheili – E. subguttata – E. submaculosa – E. subtomentosa – E. verticalis – E. vestita – E. vittata – E. westermanni – E. yucateca
Synonymy

Anatropis
Erirhipidia
Erirhipis
Euphorhipis
Euphoriaspis
Euphoriopsis
Goraqua
Haplophoria
Isorhipina
Rhipiphoria
Stephanucha

[source: Orozco (2012: 10)]
Name

Euphoria Burmeister, 1842: 370

Type species: Cetonia sepulcralis Fabricius, 1801 by subsequent designation by Casey, 1915.

References
Primary references

Burmeister, H.C.C. 1842. Handbuch der Entomologie. Dritter Band. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Melitophila. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. xx + 826 + 1 pp. Reference page. [original description: p. 370]
Casey, T.L. 1915: Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VI, 460 pp. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: New Era Printing Company. BHL (PDF)

Additional references

Hardy, A.R. 1988: Studies in the Euphoriina of the Americas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). 1. Introduction and generic concepts. Coleopterists bulletin, 42 (1): 1–9. JSTOR
Orozco, J., 2012. Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae. The Coleopterists Society Monographs 11: 1-182
Orozco, J. & Philips, T.K., 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the American genus Euphoria and related groups based on morphological characters of adults (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 41:39-54 DOI: 10.1163/187631210X12628483805310

Links

Schoolmeesters P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on May 2, 2017]

Euphoria is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae, the flower or fruit chafers. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina. They are most diverse in Mexico and Central America.[1] As of 2012, there are 59 species in the genus.[2]
Description and biology

Euphoria species can be highly variable in color and pattern making species identification difficult.[3]

The larvae are generally found buried a few centimeters deep in soil rich in organic matter such as compost, dung, animal burrows, packrat middens, and ant nests.[1] In at least some species, the pupa develops in a subterranean cell with a thin wall made of feces mixed with soil.[1] Some species overwinter as adults, and others as larvae.[1]
Diversity
Euphoria herbacea
Euphoria inda
Euphoria kernii
Euphoria sepulcralis

Species include:[2]

Euphoria abreona
Euphoria anneae
Euphoria areata
Euphoria avita
Euphoria basalis
Euphoria biguttata
Euphoria bispinis
Euphoria boliviensis
Euphoria candezei
Euphoria canaliculata
Euphoria canescens
Euphoria casselberryi
Euphoria chontalensis
Euphoria devulsa
Euphoria dimidiata
Euphoria diminuta
Euphoria discicollis
Euphoria eximia
Euphoria fascifera
Euphoria fulgida
Euphoria fulveola
Euphoria geminata
Euphoria hera
Euphoria herbacea
Euphoria hidrocalida
Euphoria hirtipes
Euphoria histrionica
Euphoria humilis
Euphoria inda
Euphoria iridescens
Euphoria kernii
Euphoria lacandona
Euphoria leprosa
Euphoria lesueuri
Euphoria leucographa
Euphoria levinotata
Euphoria limbalis
Euphoria lurida
Euphoria mayita
Euphoria montana
Euphoria monticola
Euphoria mystica
Euphoria nicaraguensis
Euphoria paradisiaca
Euphoria pilipennis
Euphoria pulchella
Euphoria quadricollis
Euphoria schotti
Euphoria sepulcralis
Euphoria sonorae
Euphoria steinheili
Euphoria subguttata
Euphoria submaculosa
Euphoria subtomentosa
Euphoria vestita
Euphoria verticalis
Euphoria vittata
Euphoria westermanni
Euphoria yucateca

References
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Micó, E., et al. (2000). New larval descriptions for two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larvae and a review of the larval biology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(4), 795-801.
Orozco, J. (2012). Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin (11), 1-182.
Orozco, J. (2009). A new generic and new specific synonym in the genus Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini). Insecta Mundi (65), 1-4.