Gnorimella

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Speciesbox | image = Gnorimella maculosa (Knoch).jpg | image_caption = Holotype | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Casey, 1915 | taxon = Gnorimella maculosa | authority = (Knoch, 1801) | synonyms = *''Cetonia maculosa'' Knoch, 1801 *''Gnorimus dissimilis'' Gory & Percheron, 1833 *''Trichius bigsbii'' Kirby, 1827 }}

'''''Gnorimella''''' is a genus of uncommon scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. There is only one species in this genus, '''''Gnorimella maculosa''''', also known as the '''maculate flower scarab'''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Evans|first=Arthur V.|title=Beetles of Eastern North America|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4008-5182-9|pages=175}}</ref> Its name refers to its spotted (maculate) patterning. It is 15.2 mm in length.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Gnorimella_maculosa.html |title=Gnorimella maculosa |work=chebucto.ns.ca |year=2004 |access-date=27 October 2014}}</ref> This species prefers a habitat close to deciduous woodland,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bugguide.net/node/view/15370 |title=Species Gnorimella maculosa - BugGuide.Net |work=bugguide.net |year=2014 |quote=name refers to spotted (maculate) pattern on pronotum and elytra. |access-date=24 October 2014}}</ref> where it sometimes buzzes around dogwood or viburnum flowers.<ref name=":0" /> It can be found in eastern North America.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor = 3999120 |title = Canadian Specimens of Gnorimella maculosa (Knoch) (Scarabaeidae) with Notes on Variation |journal = The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume = 14 |issue = 3 |pages = 91–93 |last1 = Hicks |first1 = Stanton D. |year = 1960 |doi = 10.5962/p.372198 |url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/372198 |doi-access = free }}</ref>

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Category:Trichiini Category:Monotypic Scarabaeidae genera Category:Taxa named by Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. Category:Beetles described in 1801