Polybaphes

Polybaphes is a genus of fruit and flower chafers belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.

Polybaphes
Polybaphes sanguinolenta
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Polybaphes

Kirby, 1827

These species can be found in Africa. Beetles of Polybaphes species can fly fast with nearly closed elytra as their elytra have a space (the posthumeral emargination) enabling wing movements.[1] The adults of many species visit flowers in good weather but remains hidden when it is cloudy.

Species

  • Polybaphes abyssinica Schurhoff, 1935
  • Polybaphes aequinoctialis (Olivier, 1789)
  • Polybaphes angustata (Lansberge, 1882)
  • Polybaphes balteata (DeGeer, 1778)
  • Polybaphes bella (Kraatz, 1883)
  • Polybaphes bipunctata (Lansberge, 1882)
  • Polybaphes fasciola (Kraatz, 1900)
  • Polybaphes nigriceps (Westwood, 1874)
  • Polybaphes sanguinolenta (Olivier, 1789)
  • Polybaphes scalaris (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
  • Polybaphes schoutedeni (Moser, 1910)
  • Polybaphes subfasciata (Swederus, 1787)
  • Polybaphes tigrina (Arrow, 1909)
  • Polybaphes viridana Moser, 1913
  • Polybaphes zanzibarica (Raffray, 1877)

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