page_title: Flower chafer
section_title: Tribus Goliathini
hierarchical_section_title: Flower chafer / Systematics and taxonomy / Tribus Goliathini
caption_attribution_description: English: Specimen of Mecynorhina ugandensis Moser
context_page_description: Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.
context_section_description: Subtribus Coryphocerina
  Aphelorrhina Westwood, 1841
  Asthenorhella Westwood, 1874 (= "Asthenorrhella" Bergé, = "Asthenorrhinella" Schoch)
  Asthenorrhina Westwood, 1843 (= "Asthenorrhina" Gemminger & Harold)
  Bothrorrhina Burmeister, 1842
  Caelorrhina Hope, 1841 (= "Coelorrhina" Burmeister)
  Cheirolasia Westwood, 1843
  Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 1828
  Cyphonocephalus Westwood, 1842
  Cyprolais Burmeister, 1842
  Dicheros Gory & Percheron, 1833
  Dicronorhina Hope, 1837
  Eudicella White, 1839
  Genyodonta Burmeister, 1842
  Gnathocera Kirby, 1825
  Heterorrhina Westwood, 1842
  Ischnoscelis Burmeister, 1842
  Mecynorhina Hope, 1837
  Amaurodes Westwood, 1844 (= "Chelorrhina" Burmeister)
  Megalorhina Westwood, 1847
  Mystroceros Burmeister, 1842
  Neoscelis Schoch, 1897
  Plaesiorrhina Burmeister, 1842
  Pseudotorynorrhina Mikšič, 1967
  Rhomborhina Hope 1837 (= "Rhomborrhina" Burmeister)
  Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 1842
  Smicorhina Westwood, 1847
  Taurhina Burmeister, 1842 (= "Taurrhina" Burmeister)
  Neptunides J. Thomson, 1879
  Rhamphorrhina Klug, 1855 (= "Ranzania" Bertoloni, = "Neoranzania" Distant)
  Tmesorrhina  Westwood, 1842
  Torynorrhina  Arrow, 1907
  Subtribus Dicronocephalina
  Dicronocephalus Hope, 1837
  Platynocephalus  Westwood, 1854
  Subtribus Goliathina
  Argyrophegges Kraatz, 1895 (= "Argyropheges" Kraatz)
  Fornasinius Bertoloni, 1853
  Goliathus Lamarck, 1801
  Hegemus J. Thomson, 1881
  Hypselogenia  Burmeister, 1840
  Subtribus Ichnestomatina
  Ichnestoma Gory & Percheron
  Unplaced to Subtribe
  Anisorrhina  Westwood, 1842
  Aphanochroa Kolbe, 1893
  Bietia  Fairmaire, 1898
  Brachymitra Kolbe, 1904
  Ceratorrhina Westwood, 1843
  Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 1880
  Chordodera Burmeister, 1842
  Compsocephalus White, 1845
  Cosmiomorpha Saunders, 1854
  Daedycorrhina Bates, 1888
  Dicellachilus Waterhouse, 1905
  Dyspilophora Kraatz, 1880
  Eutelesmus Waterhouse, 1880
  Gnorimimelus Kaatz, 1880
  Herculaisia Seilliere, 1910
  Inhambane Péringuey, 1907
  Jumnos Saunders, 1839
  Lophorrhina Westwood, 1842
  Melinesthes Kraatz, 1880
  Narycius Dupont, 1835
  Neophaedimus Schoch, 1894
  Neoscelis Schoch, 1897
  Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 1880
  Priscorrhina Krikken, 1984
  Ptychodesthes Kraatz, 1883
  Raceloma J. Thomson, 1877
  Scythropesthes Kraatz, 1880
  Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 1880
  Spelaiorrhina Lansberge, 1886
  Stephanocrates Kolbe, 1892
  Taeniesthes Kraatz, 1880
  Trigonophorus Hope, 1831
caption: Mecynorhina ugandensis
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