{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Trichius zonatus.jpg | image_caption = ''Trichius gallicus zonatus'' | taxon = Trichius | authority = Fabricius, 1775 | display_parents = 2 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Several, see text | synonyms = * ''Evambates'' <small>Gistel, 1856</small> * ''Paniscus'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small> }}
The '''bee beetles''' are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae.
They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and the fact that seen from the side they resemble a hairy plump bee, has given them their common name.
==Species== * ''Trichius abdominalis'' <small>Ménétriés, 1832</small> * ''Trichius fasciatus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Trichius gallicus'' <small>Dejean, 1821 (= ''T. rosaceus'')</small><ref>Krell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of ''Trichius rosaceus'', ''T. gallicus'', and ''T. zonatus'' (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). ''Zootaxa'' 3278: 61–68.</ref> * ''Trichius japonicus''<!-- (Janson) [date? parentheses?] [http://www.wrass.co.jp/log/2003/2003_pict3/030801_toraBTT.jpg] --> * ''Trichius orientalis'' <small>Reitter, 1894</small> * ''Trichius sexualis'' <small>Bedel, 1906</small><!-- [http://www.meloidae.com/exchange/scarabaeidae1.htm]-->
==Fossil species== * †''Trichius amoenus'' <small>Heer, 1847</small> * †''Trichius rotundatus'' <small>Heer, 1862</small> * †''Trichius unifasciatus'' <small>Heer, 1862</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|Trichius}} *[http://beetlespace.wz.cz/e_Trichius_fasciatus.html Trichius fasciatus] photos at Beetlespace.wz.cz
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