Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Cetonia aurata sicula Aliquo 1983

Taxonomic rank		Subspecies

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Cetonia Fabricius 1775 [genus]
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Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
sicula Aliquo 1983 [subspecies]	Cetonia
aurata Linnaeus 1761 [nominotypical subspecies]	Scarabaeus
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Suborder	Polyphaga
Infraorder	Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily	Scarabaeoidea
Family	Cetoniidae
Subfamily	Cetoniinae
Tribe	Cetoniini
Subtribe	Cetoniina
Genus	Cetonia
Species	aurata
Subspecies	*sicula*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Alonso-Zarazaga, Dr Miguel A.	group coordinator
Krell, Dr Frank-Thorsten	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Cetonia aurata sicula Aliquo 1983

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Species synonyms:

aurata Linnaeus 1761 [nominotypical subspecies]

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