IRMNG - Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 1828

IRMNG taxon details

Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 1828

IRMNG_ID

1440238 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1440238)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Isandula Thomson, 1880 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 1880 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Direct children (14)

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Species Chlorocala affinis Kraatz, 1880
Species Chlorocala africana Drury, 1773
Species Chlorocala cinctipennis Moser, 1903
Species Chlorocala conjux Harold, 1880
Species Chlorocala guerini Janson, 1888
Species Chlorocala hypoxantha Harold, 1879
Species Chlorocala inermis Burgeon, 1931
Species Chlorocala monoceros Gory & Percheron, 1833
Species Chlorocala nigricollis Kraatz, 1880
Species Chlorocala similis Moser, 1907
Species Chlorocala smaragdina Voet, 1779
Species Chlorocala suturalis Fabricius, 1775
Species Chlorocala viridicyanea Pallisot de Beauvois, 1805
Species Chlorocala kilimana Kolbe, 1907 accepted as Chlorocala africana Drury, 1773

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kirby, W.; Spence, W. (1828). An introduction to entomology. Vol III. Fifth edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. 769 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/256830
page(s): 648 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440238 on 2025-03-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (9)

original description Kirby, W.; Spence, W. (1828). An introduction to entomology. Vol III. Fifth edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. 769 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/256830
page(s): 648 [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Isandula Thomson, 1880) Thomson, J. (1880). Diagnoses de genres nouveaux de la famille des cétonides. Le Naturaliste. 2(37): 293-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928702 [details]

original description (of Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 1880) Kraatz, G. (1880). Genera nova Cetonidarum. Entomologische Monatsblätter. 2: 17-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31440039
page(s): 28 [details]