Chrysina resplendens

Chrysina resplendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Chrysina
Species:	C. resplendens
Binomial name
*Chrysina resplendens* (Boucard, 1875)

Chrysina resplendens (formerly Plusiotis resplendens) is a golden scarab beetle found in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and other countries in Central America.^[1]

References

^ Henderson, Carrol L. (2002). Field guide to the wildlife of Costa Rica. University of Texas Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-292-73459-3.

Boucard, Adolphe (1875). "Monographic list of the Coleoptera of the genus Plusiotis of America, north of Panama, with descriptions of several new species". Proc Zool Soc Lond: 119. http://books.google.com/?id=lvEKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA119.
Michelson, A.A. (1911). "On metallic colouring in birds and insects". Philosophical Magazine Series 6 21 (124): 554–567. doi:10.1080/14786440408637061.
Hegedüs, Ramón; Győző Szélb; and Gábor Horváth (September 2006). "Imaging polarimetry of the circularly polarizing cuticle of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Rutelidae, Cetoniidae)". Vision Research 46 (17): 2786–2797. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.02.007. PMID 16564066. http://arago.elte.hu/new/files/ScarabCircPol_VR-proof-with-colour-figs.pdf.

External links

Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Chrysina resplendens (Boucard)

Chrysina resplendens

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