Cotinis aliena

{{Speciesbox | name = Keys green June beetle | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | image = | taxon = Cotinis aliena | authority = Woodruff, 2008 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}

'''''Cotinis aliena''''' (also '''Keys green June beetle''')<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eol.org/pages/15908019/overview | title=Keys Green June Beetle | publisher=Encyclopedia of Life | accessdate=2013-06-16}}</ref> is a species of ''Cotinis'' found in the Florida Keys.<ref name="unl">{{cite journal | url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/584/ | title=The genus Cotinis Burmeister in the eastern United States, with description of a new species from the Florida Keys, including a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) | publisher=Center for Systematic Entomology | journal=Insecta Mundi | date=December 2008 | accessdate=2013-06-16 | author=Woodruff, Robert}}</ref>

This species is considered to be critically imperiled because it is only known from three localities in the Florida Keys and one locality in southern peninsular Florida. No specimens have been found since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Cotinis+aliena |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> Development and pesticides are the most likely threats to its survival.

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Category:Cetoniinae Category:Beetles of North America Category:Beetles described in 2008