Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 32-34. (2014)
Zoology
New data on the species of cetoniinae beetle! coleoptera fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) as well as on shrubs such as Viburnum lantana and Genista scorpius. The adults feed on pollen, stamens and pistils of flowers (Fig. 8). It may be harmful to fruit trees flowers, when they occur in large numbers. We found one specimen near Paphos, a flower of Rosaceae, at about the seashore level. Tropinota hirta ssp. suturalis differt from the typical form, by the margin of clypeus strongly concave between the angles dented, by the border of the pronotum with an edge often smoothes stopped by the punctuation, the scutellum punctuate along the borders almost to the apex. The first elytral interstria is more or less raised along the sutura with, behind, a narrow and deep furrow against the joining, and with the teguments of the upper surface shining. The antenna club of the male is of thesame lenght of the female. The spots of elytra are generally white and arranged transversely [2]. Oxythyrea noemi (Reiche & Saulcy, 1856) It is a small cetoniid. The pronotum has six white spots arranged in two parallel rows. Sometimes the pair of spots may be absent from the head side. The white side border of the pronotum is often interrupted. It has many white spots on the elytra, which are smaller and less visible than the ones of the larger species, Oxythirea abigail (Reiche & Slaulcy, 1856). These spots have irregular contours, they are not round and they tend to join towards the apex of the elytra. The ventral part of the abdomen has three white side spots with the females and 5 spots with the adults. Oxythyrea noemi is widespread in Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt (Sinai) [3]. Oxythirea noemi larvae develop in the vegetable compost in the sandy areas. Adults are found in April and May on the flowers of plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae, Asteraceae Fig., Apiaceae, and less often on other plants. We found several specimens on inflorescences oi Aster aceae (Fig. 9) near the sea beaches: in Polis, Paphos and Pissouri. Protaetia (Cetonischema) speciosa (Adams, 1817). It is a large cetoniid, 20-32 mm long. It differs from other Protaetia having large and broad build, borders of the pronotum entirely marginated, the elytra without longitudinal depression in the posterior half in the vicinity of the suture, and mesosternal process almost smooth, broad or with very scattered and non pubescent punctuation [4]. Cetonischema speciosa is widespread in Eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and western Afghanistan. Being spread over such a large area, many distinct forms have been described, which were regarded as subspecies, generally differing in body color, from green to black, through shades of red and blue. Besides, the color of the pronotum can be red and the elytra are bluegreen with Cetonischema speciosa ssp. jousselini (Gory & Percheron, 1833). The subspecies Cetonischema speciossa ssp. marchei (Alexis & Delpont, 1999) was described in Cyprus which is endemic to this Mediterranean island [1]. Cetonischema speciosa is rather related to old forests, the larvae developing in the rotten wood of the tree hollows, and, when the former is missing, in various vegetable composts. In areas south of this area where the forests have disappeared, there have been reports older than 50 years. In Israel and northern Lebanon the species is rarely met in the oak forests (Andre Kairouz, personal report). In Cyprus, we found a few specimens of Cetonischema speciossa ssp marchei in the cocoons we dug out from the rotted wood and leaf layer beneath a Quercus infectoria oak, in the protected oak area of Pano Panagia (Fig 10). The color of the specimens is blue-green, with an oily tinge. (Fig. 11). 133
