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  ........Desicasta Thomson, 1878
 

........Desicasta Thomson 1878: 14.

Classification ........Moscheuma Thomson 1880: 268.
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Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Cetoniinae
Gymnetini
 

 

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Desicasta laevicostata (van de Poll).
Photo: J. Orozco.

   
Distribution of Desicasta.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Distribution: Central America through northern South America.

 

Composition: D. laevicostata (van de Poll), D. lobata (Olivier), D. nonfriedi Schoch, D. opaca (Kraatz), D. purpurascens Schoch, D. reichei (Thomson), D. sculptis Thomson, and D. sebosa (van de Poll).

 
 
 

Larvae: Unknown.

 

References:
BLACKWELDER, R. E. 1944. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 2. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 189-341.

KRAJCIK, M. 1988. Cetoniidae of the World. Catalogue-Part I. Most, Czech  Republic.

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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Author: Jesús Orozco
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum - Division of Entomology