Pedinorrhina cinctuta is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Goliathini |
| Subtribe: | Rhomborhinina |
| Genus: | Pedinorrhina |
| Species: | P. cinctuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedinorrhina cinctuta (Voet, 1779)
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Taxonomy
editThis species was placed into the genus Pedinorrhina by Holm in 1994,[1] but most subsequent authors (e.g.[2]) place it in the genus Chondrorrhina instead.
Description
editPedinorrhina cinctuta can reach a length of 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in). The basic colour is dark green, with a transversal orange band on the elytra.
Distribution
editThis species can be found in the Afrotropical region (mainly in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Uganda).
References
edit- ^ a b Holm, E. (1994) On the genera of African Cetoniinae 1: The genus Pedinorrhina Kraatz and related taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(1): 19-29
- ^ Serrano, A. R. M., Capela, R. A., Nunes, T. & Santos, C. Van-Dú-Nem Neto (2020) The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes, Zootaxa 4776: 1-130
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