Chrysina resplendens

Chrysina resplendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Chrysina
Species: C. resplendens
Binomial name
Chrysina resplendens
(Boucard, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Plusiotis resplendens

Chrysina resplendens (syn Plusiotis resplendens) is a golden scarab beetle found in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and other countries in Central America.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Carrol L. (2002). Field guide to the wildlife of Costa Rica. University of Texas Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-292-73459-3.

Further reading

  • Boucard, Adolphe (1875). "Monographic list of the Coleoptera of the genus Plusiotis of America, north of Panama, with descriptions of several new species". Proc Zool Soc Lond: 119.
  • Michelson, A.A. (1911). "On metallic colouring in birds and insects". Philosophical Magazine. Series 6. 21 (124): 554–567. doi:10.1080/14786440408637061.
  • Hegedüs, Ramón; Győző Szélb; Gábor Horváth (September 2006). "Imaging polarimetry of the circularly polarizing cuticle of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Rutelidae, Cetoniidae)" (PDF). Vision Research. 46 (17): 2786–2797. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.02.007. PMID 16564066.


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