Description
Familie: Scarabaeidae Groesse: 8-14 mm Verbreitung: Nordafrika Ökologie: Entwicklung im morschen Holz von Laubbäumen Fundort: Marokko, Marrakech leg.det. U.Schmidt, 1995 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2005
Date 20 September 2009, 09:08
Source Tropinota squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832 http://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/3937814618/
Author Udo Schmidt from Deutschland http://www.flickr.com/people/30703260@N08
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tropinota_squalida_pilosa_Brull%C3%A9,_1832_(3937814618).jpg

Tropinota squalida is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. These beetles are mainly found in France, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Spain, in the Near East and in North Africa. Order: Coleoptera, Family: Scarabaeidae, Synonyms: Scarabaeus squalidus Scopoli, 1783.
Subspecies:
Tropinota squalida canariensis Lindberg, 1950
Tropinota squalida squalida (Scopoli, 1783)
Tropinota squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832