Cotinis aliena (also Keys green June beetle)[1] is a species of Cotinis found in the Florida Keys.[2]
| Keys green June beetle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Cotinis |
| Species: | C. aliena
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotinis aliena Woodruff, 2008
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This species is considered to be critically imperiled because it is only known from three localities in the Florida Keys and one locality in southern peninsular Florida. No specimens have been found since 1998.[3] Development and pesticides are the most likely threats to its survival.
References
edit- ^ "Keys Green June Beetle". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
- ^ Woodruff, Robert (December 2008). "The genus Cotinis Burmeister in the eastern United States, with description of a new species from the Florida Keys, including a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)". Insecta Mundi. Center for Systematic Entomology. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 7 May 2015.