Pachnoda

Pachnoda ( Pachnoda marginata peregrina ) on a slice of banana

Pachnoda is a genus of the subfamily of the rose beetle ( Cetoniinae ). Currently, over one hundred species are known. The most famous is that of lovers like held in terrariums Pachnoda ( Pachnoda marginata ).

Occurrence and distribution

The species of the genus Pachnoda can be found throughout Africa. Some are located in a surprisingly large area. So you hit the Pachnoda ( Pachnoda marginata ) in different subspecies of the entire tropical Africa. Some representatives are very common, which is due to the frugal larvae in their homeland. Legrand found larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata even in garden waste, piles of leaves, and even in humus deposits uncleaned gutters. Pachnoda sinuata follows the people even in newly populated areas.

Way of life

Many species are typical Savannah residents. Some lay in extreme drought a diapause. Here, the last instar larvae survived in the already machined from soil and a special secretion cocoon periods of four to six months. So that there is pupation, an increase in the humidity of the surrounding substrate is often required.

The adults feed mainly on flowers of various herbaceous plants and shrubs, among other things, of acacia and sugar bushes. Also, all accessible fruits (even immature ) are part of the food spectrum.

Species and subspecies

The validity or the status of the subsequently collected species and subspecies is partly controversial:

  • Pachnoda abyssinica Blanchard, 1842
  • Pachnoda acutipennis Kolbe, 1914
  • Pachnoda Adelpha Kolbe, 1914
  • Pachnoda aemula Bourgoin, 1919
  • Pachnoda albini Bourgoin, 1921
  • Pachnoda Allardi Ruter, 1969
  • Pachnoda alluaudi Bourgoin, 1913
  • Pachnoda ardoini ardoini Ruter, 1978 Pachnoda ardoini lydiae Rigout, 1986
  • Pachnoda arrowi arrowi Bourgoin, 1913
  • Pachnoda arrowi cludtsi Rigout, 1986
  • Pachnoda arrowi kivuensis Rigout, 1986
  • Pachnoda cincticollis nigricans Rigout, 1985
  • Pachnoda concolor schuerhoffi Rigout, 1984
  • Pachnoda concolor teocchii Ruter, 1969
  • Pachnoda cordata camerounensis Rigout, 1984
  • Pachnoda cordata dahomeyana Rigout, 1985
  • Pachnoda cordata obsoleta foam, 1844
  • Pachnoda cordata tigris (Fall, 1790)
  • Pachnoda cordata villiersi Ruter, 1953
  • Pachnoda crassa discoid Moser, 1910
  • Pachnoda crassa fairmairei Raffray, 1877
  • Pachnoda dimidiaticollis rubilateris Ruter, 1958
  • Pachnoda dimidiaticollis undatofasciata Ruter, 1958
  • Pachnoda dimidiaticollis uniformis Ruter, 1958
  • Pachnoda discolor kolbei Schürhoff, 1938
  • Pachnoda ephippiata franceoisis Basilewsky, 1955
  • Pachnoda ephippiata falkei Rigout, 1989
  • Pachnoda histrio ukambanii ( Pouillaude, 1914)
  • Pachnoda leonina flavomarginata Moser, 1908
  • Pachnoda leonina lobayensis Preiss, 1933
  • Pachnoda leonina schoutedeni Moser, 1918
  • Pachnoda madaraszi ryani Rigout, 1989 with open wings päparierter Pachnoda ( Pachnoda marginata peregrina )
  • Pachnoda marginata aurantia (Fall, 1790)
  • Pachnoda marginata cerandi Rigout, 1984
  • Pachnoda marginata fernandezi Rigout, 1984
  • Pachnoda marginata mirei Ruter, 1963
  • Pachnoda marginata murielei Rigout, 1986
  • Pachnoda marginata peregrina Kolbe, 1906 (Syn. Pachnoda Butana Schur Hoff, 1938)
  • Pachnoda marginata tunisiensis Rigout, 1984
  • Pachnoda orphanula dimidiata Moser, 1914
  • Pachnoda orphanula legrosi Ruter, 1963
  • Pachnoda orphanula morerei Ruter, 1963
  • Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali Kraatz, 1885
  • Pachnoda post media austera De Lisle, 1947
  • Pachnoda praecellens praecellens Moser, 1908
  • Pachnoda praecellens mateui Rigout, 1980
  • Pachnoda praecellens patricia De Lisle, 1947
  • Pachnoda rubriventris propinqua Ruter, 1958
  • Pachnoda rubriventris rubrocinctoides Ruter, 1958
  • Pachnoda savignyplatz consentanea foam, 1844 (or Pachnoda consentanea foam, 1844)
  • Pachnoda sinuata calceata Harold, 1878 (or Pachnoda calceata Harold, 1878)
  • Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris ( Gory & Percheron, 1833) (or Pachnoda flaviventris ( Gory & Percheron, 1833) )
  • Pachnoda sinuata machadoi Rigout, 1989
  • Pachnoda sinuata nicolae Rigout, 1986
  • Pachnoda stehelini Tessari Knirsch, 1944
  • Pachnoda tridentata diabolica De Lisle, 1947
  • Pachnoda tridentata lachaumei Rigout, 1989
  • Pachnoda tridentata moseri Schürhoff, 1935
  • Pachnoda trimaculata turlini Rigout, 1979
  • Pachnoda viridana collarti Burgeon, 1931
  • Pachnoda viridana ituriensis Burgeon, 1931
  • Pachnoda viridana rufipes Kraatz, 1896
  • Pachnoda Vossi hyalina Kolbe, 1906
Polyphaga Hermann Burmeister Dormancy Pupa#Cocoon Hermann Julius Kolbe Josef Moser Dru Drury Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst Johan Christian Fabricius Ernst Gustav Kraatz Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
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