Chondrorrhina

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Plaesiorrhina mediana - Pair - West Africa (8754566412).jpg | image_caption = ''Chondrorrhina mediana'' | taxon = Chondrorrhina | authority = Kraatz, 1880 | display_parents = 3 | type_species = '''''Cetonia abbreviata''''' | type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1792 | subdivision_ranks = Subgenera | subdivision = *''Chondrorrhina'' Kraatz, 1880 *''Plaesiorrhinella'' Krikken, 1984 | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{Catalogue of Life|id=3NZD|title=''Chondrorrhina''|access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=Krikken>Krikken, J. (1984) A new key to the suprageneric taxa in the beetle family Cetoniidae, with annotated lists of the known genera. ''Zoologische verhandelingen'' 210: 1–75.</ref> | synonyms = {{Genus list | Plaesiorrhina | Burmeister, 1842 | Dyspilophora | Kraatz, 1880 | Taeniesthes | Kraatz, 1880 }} }}

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'''''Chondrorrhina''''' is a genus of fruit and flower chafers belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae, found in Africa.<ref name=Krikken/>

==Taxonomy== The genus was originally named ''Plaesiorrhina'' by Hermann Burmeister in 1842, but this same name had been published several months earlier by John O. Westwood.<ref name=Bousquet>Bousquet, Y. (2016) Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758–1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes. ZooKeys 583: 1-776. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.583.7084</ref> As Burmeister's name was a junior homonym, it cannot be used, and the next available name for the same genus, ''Chondrorrhina'', was published by Gustav Kraatz in 1880.<ref name=Bousquet/> As the type species of ''Chondrorrhina'' (''Cetonia abbreviata'' Fabricius, 1792) was different from the type species of Burmeister's genus (''Gnathocera depressa'' Gory & Percheron, 1833; a synonym of ''Cetonia recurva'' Fabricius, 1801), the latter taxon was reduced to a subgenus after being renamed as ''Plaesiorrhinella'' by Jan Krikken in 1984.<ref name=Krikken/>

In 1994, Holm suggested a different set of relationships, proposing that Burmeister's genus was a synonym of Kraatz' genus ''Pedinorrhina'' rather than ''Chondrorrhina'', and then placed ''Chondrorrhina'' as a subgenus of ''Pedinorrhina''.<ref name=Holm>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</ref> Under Holm's very restricted definition of ''Chondrorrhina'', the only included species are ''abbreviata, distincta, picturata, specularis'', and ''trivittata''.<ref name=Holm/> Subsequent authors (e.g.<ref>Antoine, Ph. (2008) Remarques taxonomique sur le genre ''Pedinorrhina'' Kraatz, 1880 (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). ''Coléoptères'' 14(3): 27–42.</ref><ref>Krajcik, M. (2008) Cetoniidae of the World. Catalogue - Part I. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Animma. x, Supplement: 1-96 + I-XXXVI.</ref><ref>Camiade, D. (2015) Une nouvelle espece de ''Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella)'' Krikken, 1984 de Cote d'Ivoire (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). ''Entomologia Africana'' 20(1): 17-21.</ref><ref>Beinhundner, G. (2017) The Cetoniinae of Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Privately published, Euerbach, 1199 pp.</ref><ref>Garnier, T., Flutsch, G. & Rojkoff, S. (2018). Description de deux nouvelles espèces appartenant au genre ''Chondrorrhina'' Kraatz sous-genre ''Plaesiorrhinella'' Krikken, 1984 (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Cetoniinae, Goliathini). ''Cetoniimania'' NS, 13: 17-30.</ref><ref>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</ref>) have not adopted this alternative classification, retaining ''Chondrorrhina'' as a genus distinct from ''Pedinorrhina''.

==Species==

===Subgenus ''Chondrorrhina''=== * ''Chondrorrhina abbreviata'' (Fabricius, 1792) (Africa) * ''Chondrorrhina bonnardi'' Garnier, Flutsch & Rojkoff, 2018 (Tanzania, Zambia) * ''Chondrorrhina collinsi'' (Allard, 1992) (Ethiopia) * ''Chondrorrhina distincta'' (Van De Poll, 1886) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * ''Chondrorrhina inexspectata'' Camiade, 2015 (Ivory Coast) * ''Chondrorrhina mediana'' (Westwood, 1842) (tropical Africa) * ''Chondrorrhina murphyi'' Garnier, Flutsch & Rojkoff, 2018 (Malawi, Tanzania) * ''Chondrorrhina picina'' (Schauer, 1938) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) * ''Chondrorrhina picturata'' (Harold, 1878) (Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola) * ''Chondrorrhina sinuosa'' Le Gall, 2023 (Cameroon) * ''Chondrorrhina specularis'' (Gerstaecker, 1867) (Kenya, Tanzania) * ''Chondrorrhina trivittata'' (Schaum, 1841)

===Subgenus ''Plaesiorrhinella''=== * ''Chondrorrhina mhondana'' (Oberthür, 1880) * ''Chondrorrhina plana'' (Wiedemann, 1821) * ''Chondrorrhina recurva'' (Fabricius, 1801) * ''Chondrorrhina undulata'' (Bates, 1881) * ''Chondrorrhina watkinsiana'' (Lewis, 1879)

==Bibliography== * Ruter, G., 1975 [http://eurekamag.com/research/005/046/005046189.php Contribution to the biological study of Northern Senegal part 28 coleoptera cetoniidae.] Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 37(3): 661-668 * Massouroudin Akoudjin, Jean César, Appolinaire Kombassere. Jérémy Bouyer [https://www.academia.edu/3826121/Spatio-temporal_variability_of_fruit_feeding_insects_used_as_ecological_indicators_in_West_Africa] Spatio-temporal variability of fruit feeding insects used as ecological indicators in West Africa * Kraatz G. (1880) Genera nova Cetonidarum, Entomologische Monatsblätter 2:17-30 * Fabricius J.C. (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Hafniae. C. G. Proft & fils 1:1-538 * Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P., 2011-05-30

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