# Chondrorrhina
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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| 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 = [{{Catalogue of Life|id=3NZD|title=''Chondrorrhina''|access-date=14 May 2024}}][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.]
| synonyms =
{{Genus list
| Plaesiorrhina | Burmeister, 1842
| Dyspilophora | Kraatz, 1880
| Taeniesthes | Kraatz, 1880
}}
}}
thumb| upright| ''Chondrorrhina abbreviata''
'''''Chondrorrhina''''' is a genus of fruit and flower chafers belonging to the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae), subfamily [Cetoniinae](/source/Cetoniinae), found in Africa.[
==Taxonomy==
The genus was originally named ''Plaesiorrhina'' by [Hermann Burmeister](/source/Hermann_Burmeister) in 1842, but this same name had been published several months earlier by [John O. Westwood](/source/John_O._Westwood).][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] As Burmeister's name was a [junior homonym](/source/Homonym_(biology)), it cannot be used, and the next available name for the same genus, ''Chondrorrhina'', was published by [Gustav Kraatz](/source/Gustav_Kraatz) in 1880.[ As the [type species](/source/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.][
In 1994, Holm suggested a different set of relationships, proposing that Burmeister's genus was a synonym of Kraatz' genus ''[Pedinorrhina](/source/Pedinorrhina)'' rather than ''Chondrorrhina'', and then placed ''Chondrorrhina'' as a subgenus of ''Pedinorrhina''.][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] Under Holm's very restricted definition of ''Chondrorrhina'', the only included species are ''abbreviata, distincta, picturata, specularis'', and ''trivittata''.[ Subsequent authors (e.g.][Antoine, Ph. (2008) Remarques taxonomique sur le genre ''Pedinorrhina'' Kraatz, 1880 (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). ''Coléoptères'' 14(3): 27–42.][Krajcik, M. (2008) Cetoniidae of the World. Catalogue - Part I. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Animma. x, Supplement: 1-96 + I-XXXVI.][Camiade, D. (2015) Une nouvelle espece de ''Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella)'' Krikken, 1984 de Cote d'Ivoire (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). ''Entomologia Africana'' 20(1): 17-21.][Beinhundner, G. (2017) The Cetoniinae of Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Privately published, Euerbach, 1199 pp.][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.][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]) have not adopted this alternative classification, retaining ''Chondrorrhina'' as a genus distinct from ''Pedinorrhina''.
==Species==
===Subgenus ''Chondrorrhina''===
* ''[Chondrorrhina abbreviata](/source/Chondrorrhina_abbreviata)'' (Fabricius, 1792) (Africa)
* ''[Chondrorrhina bonnardi](/source/Chondrorrhina_bonnardi)'' Garnier, Flutsch & Rojkoff, 2018 (Tanzania, Zambia)
* ''[Chondrorrhina collinsi](/source/Chondrorrhina_collinsi)'' (Allard, 1992) (Ethiopia)
* ''[Chondrorrhina distincta](/source/Chondrorrhina_distincta)'' (Van De Poll, 1886) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* ''[Chondrorrhina inexspectata](/source/Chondrorrhina_inexspectata)'' Camiade, 2015 (Ivory Coast)
* ''[Chondrorrhina mediana](/source/Chondrorrhina_mediana)'' (Westwood, 1842) (tropical Africa)
* ''[Chondrorrhina murphyi](/source/Chondrorrhina_murphyi)'' Garnier, Flutsch & Rojkoff, 2018 (Malawi, Tanzania)
* ''[Chondrorrhina picina](/source/Chondrorrhina_picina)'' (Schauer, 1938) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* ''[Chondrorrhina picturata](/source/Chondrorrhina_picturata)'' (Harold, 1878) (Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola)
* ''[Chondrorrhina sinuosa](/source/Chondrorrhina_sinuosa)'' Le Gall, 2023 (Cameroon)
* ''[Chondrorrhina specularis](/source/Chondrorrhina_specularis)'' ([Gerstaecker](/source/Carl_Eduard_Adolph_Gerst%C3%A4cker), 1867) (Kenya, Tanzania)
* ''[Chondrorrhina trivittata](/source/Chondrorrhina_trivittata)'' (Schaum, 1841)
===Subgenus ''Plaesiorrhinella''===
* ''[Chondrorrhina mhondana](/source/Chondrorrhina_mhondana)'' (Oberthür, 1880)
* ''[Chondrorrhina plana](/source/Chondrorrhina_plana)'' (Wiedemann, 1821)
* ''[Chondrorrhina recurva](/source/Chondrorrhina_recurva)'' (Fabricius, 1801)
* ''[Chondrorrhina undulata](/source/Chondrorrhina_undulata)'' (Bates, 1881)
* ''[Chondrorrhina watkinsiana](/source/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
==References==
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