page_title: Flower chafer
section_title: Tribus Gymnetini
hierarchical_section_title: Flower chafer / Systematics and taxonomy / Tribus Gymnetini
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Weibliche Exemplar Fundort: Patla, Puebla (Bundesstaat), Mexiko English: Female specimen Locality: Patla, Puebla, Mexico Français&#160;: Spécimen femelle. Localité: Patla, État de Puebla, Mexique Muséum de Toulouse &#160;&#160;Native nameMuséum de ToulouseLocationToulouse , FranceCoordinates43°&#160;35′&#160;38″&#160;N, 1°&#160;26′&#160;57″&#160;E &#160;Established1796&#58; &#32;established&#160;; 1865&#58; &#32;opened to publicWeb pagewww.museum.toulouse.frAuthority control : Q422 VIAF:&#8201;131004808 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0001 2158 3469 SUDOC:&#8201;028667107 BNF:&#8201;120455376 Museofile:&#8201;M7013 institution QS:P195,Q422 MHNT.ZOO.2004.0.429
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 Blaesiina
  Blaesia Burmeister, 1842
  Halffterinetis Morón and Nogueira, 2007
  Subtribus Gymnetina
  Aemilius LeMoult, 1939
  Allorhina Burmeister, 1842
  Amazula Kraatz, 1882
  Amithao J. Thomson, 1878
  Argyripa J. Thomson, 1878
  Astrocara Schürhoff, 1937
  Badelina J. Thomson, 1880
  Balsameda J. Thomson, 1880
  Chiriquiba Bates, 1889
  Cineretis Schürhoff, 1937 (synonym = Hologymnetis Martínez, 1949)
  Clinteria Burmeister, 1842
  Clinteroides Schoch, 1898
  Cotinis Burmeister, 1842
  Desicasta J. Thomson, 1878
  Guatemalica Poll, 1886
  Gymnetina Casey, 1915
  Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 
  Gymnetosoma Martínez, 1949
  Hadrosticta Kraatz, 1892
  Heterocotinis Martínez, 1949
  Hoplopyga J. Thomson, 1880
  Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff, 1933
  Jansonella Blackwelder, 1944
  Macrocranius Schürhoff, 1935
  Marmarina Kirby, 1827
  Neocorvicoana Ratcliffe & Micó, 2001
  Stethodesma Bainbridge, 1840
  Tiarocera Burmeister, 1842
caption: Gymnetis stellata
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