Schizorhinina

 Cowboy beetle Diaphonia dorsalis, copyright David Cook.

Belongs within: Cetoniinae.

The Schizorhinina are a primarily Australasian group of flower beetles with a normally trisinuate base to the pronotum, and a usually broad pygidium with the anal zone reflexed and hidden from above. Members include the genus Diaphonia of which males are mostly pale tan in colour whereas females are dark blackish brown. Dilochrosis species are mostly orange with varying amounts of black on the pronotum and/or elytra (Golding 2009).

<==SchizorhininaG09
    |--Neoclithria van de Poll 1886G09, CW92
    |    `--N. eburneoguttata (Blanchard 1850)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |--Micropoecila Kraatz 1880G09
    |    `--*M. cincta (Gory & Percheron 1833)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |--Stenopisthes Moser 1913G09
    |    `--*S. frenchi (Blackburn 1894) [=Dilochrosis frenchi]CW92
    |--Hemipharis Burmeister 1842G09
    |    |--*H. insularis (Gory & Percheron 1833) (see below for synonymy)CW92
    |    `--H. lansbergei Gestro 1876M86
    |--Metallesthes Kraatz 1880G09
    |    |--*M. metallescens (White 1859)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--M. ruficornis Westw. 1874M86
    |    `--M. subpilosa Nonfried 1891CW92
    |--Poecilopharis Kraatz 1880G09
    |    |--*P. bouruensis (Wallace 1867) [=Schizorhina bouruensis]CW92
    |    |--P. emilia (White 1856) [=Schizorhina (Hemipharis) emilia]CW92
    |    `--P. leai Schürhoff 1936CW92
    |--Lenosoma Kraatz 1880G09, CW92
    |    |--*L. fulgens (Macleay 1863) [=Cetonia fulgens; incl. Schizorhina viridicuprea Macleay 1871]CW92
    |    |--L. fasciculatum (Macleay 1863) [=Cetonia fasciculata]CW92
    |    `--L. tibiale (Macleay 1863) [=Cetonia tibialis]CW92
    |--Tapinoschema Thomson 1880G09
    |    |--*T. impar (Macleay 1863) [=Schizorhina impar]CW92
    |    |--T. digglesii (Janson 1874) [=Diaphonia digglesii]CW92
    |    `--T. lacunosa (Janson 1874)CW92 [=Diaphonia lacunosaCW92, Metallesthes lacunosaM86]
    |--Neorrhina Thomson 1878G09 [incl. Polystigma Kraarz 1880CW92]
    |    |--N. octopunctatum (Burmeister 1842)G09 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--‘Polystigma’ calopyga Lea 1914CW92
    |    |--N. punctatum (Donovan 1805)G09 [=Cetonia punctataCW92, *Polystigma punctatumCW92, Schizorrhina punctataM86]
    |    `--‘Polystigma’ vitticolle Macleay 1888CW92
    |--Schizorhina Kirby 1825 [=Schizorrhina (l. c.), Schyzorhina (l. c.)]CW92
    |    |--*S. atropunctata (Kirby 1818) [=Cetonia atropunctata]CW92
    |    |    |--S. a. atropunctata [incl. Schyzorhina quadripunctata Gory & Percheron 1833]CW92
    |    |    `--S. a. immaculata Lea 1914CW92
    |    `--S. ebenina Butler 1865CW92
    |--Lyraphora Kraatz 1880G09 [incl. Platedelosis Kraatz 1880CW92]
    |    |--*L. obliquata (Westwood 1842)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--L. bassii (White 1847) [=Schizorhina (Diaphonia) bassii, *Platedelosis bassii]CW92
    |    |--L. deyrollei Thoms. 1878M86
    |    |--L. velutina (Macleay 1863)CW92 [=Schizorhina velutinaCW92, Platedelosis velutinaM86]
    |    `--L. vittivaria Lea 1914CW92
    |--Chlorobapta Kraatz 1880G09
    |    |--*C. bestii (Westwood 1842) [=Schizorhina bestii]CW92
    |    |--C. frontalis (Donovan 1805)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--C. goerlingi Schürhoff 1942CW92
    |    |--C. hirtipes Lea 1914CW92
    |    `--C. tibialis Lea 1912CW92
    |--Trichaulax Kraatz 1880G09
    |    |--*T. philipsii (Schreibers 1802)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--T. concinna (Janson 1873) [=Schizorhina concinna]CW92
    |    |--T. macleayi Kraatz 1894 [=T. philipsii macleayi; incl. T. sericea Janson 1905]CW92
    |    |--T. marginipennis (Macleay 1863) [=Schizorhina marginipennis]CW92
    |    `--T. nortoni (Butler 1865) [=Schizorhina nortoni; incl. S. trichopyga Thomson 1878]CW92
    |--Eupoecila Burmeister 1842G09 [incl. Neophonia Thomson 1878CW92]
    |    |--*E. australasiae (Donovan 1805)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |    |--E. a. australasiae [incl. Cetonia panzeri Swartz in Schönherr 1817]CW92
    |    |    `--E. a. intricata Lea 1914CW92
    |    |--E. evanescens Lea 1914CW92
    |    |--E. gracilis Schürhoff 1934CW92
    |    |--E. inscripta Janson 1873 [=Neophonia inscripta]CW92
    |    `--E. miskini Janson 1876 [=Neopharis miskini, Neophonia miskini]CW92
    |--Clithria Burmeister 1842G09
    |    |--*C. eucnemis (Burmeister 1842)CW92 [=Diaphonia (*Clithria) eucnemisCW92, Schizorrhina eucnemisM86]
    |    |    |--C. e. eucnemis [incl. C. albersi Kraatz 1885]CW92
    |    |    |--C. e. nigricollis Kraatz 1885CW92
    |    |    `--C. e. nigripes Kraatz 1886CW92
    |    |--C. bacchusi Allard 1995G09
    |    |--C. eburneoguttata Blanch. 1850M86
    |    |--C. flavofasciata Moser 1908CW92
    |    `--C. tibiale (Macleay 1863)G09
    |--Bisallardiana Antoine 2003G09
    |    |--B. bacchusi (Allard 1995)G09
    |    |--B. discorticata (Macleay 1863)G09
    |    |--B. gymnopleura (von Waldheim 1823)G09
    |    |--B. obscura (Blackburn 1888)G09
    |    |--B. philippei (Allard 1995)G09
    |    |--B. rugicollis (Kraatz 1880)G09
    |    |--B. variabilis (Macleay 1863)G09
    |    `--B. variicollis (Lea 1914)G09
    |--Aphanesthes Kraatz 1880G09 [incl. Cacochroa Kraatz 1880 non Heinemann 1870CW92, Camilla Thomson 1880CW92]
    |    |--*A. pullata (Janson 1873) [=Eupoecila pullata]CW92
    |    |--A. decorticata (Macleay 1863)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--A. gymnopleura (Fischer 1823)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |    |--A. g. gymnopleura [incl. Schyzorhina concolor Gory & Percheron 1833]CW92
    |    |    |--A. g. fuscosuturalis (Lea 1924) [=Cacochroa gymnopleura fuscosuturalis]CW92
    |    |    `--A. g. rugicollis (Kraatz 1880) [=Cacochroa gymnopleura rugicollis]CW92
    |    |--A. marginicollis (Lea 1917) [=Cacochroa marginicollis]CW92
    |    |--A. obscura (Blackburn 1888) [=Cacochroa obscura]CW92
    |    |--A. succinea (Hope 1841)G09
    |    |--A. trapezifera Thomson 1878G09
    |    |--A. variabilis (Macleay 1863)CW92 [=Schizorhina variabilisCW92, Cacochroa variabilisM86]
    |    `--A. variicollis (Lea 1914) [=Cacochroa variicollis]CW92
    |--Dilochrosis Thomson 1878G09 [incl. Evanides Thomson 1880CW92, Phaeopharis Kraatz 1880CW92]
    |    |--D. atripennis (Macleay 1863) (see below for synonymy)CW92
    |    |--D. bakewellii (White 1859) [=Schizorhina bakewellii, *Evanides bakewellii, Hemipharis bakewelli]CW92
    |    |--D. balteata (Vollenhoven 1871) [=Eupoecila balteata]CW92
    |    |--D. brownii (Kirby 1818)CW92 [=Cetonia browniiCW92, *Phaeopharis browniiCW92; incl. P. brunoniM86]
    |    |--D. flamma Thomson 1878CW92
    |    |--D. flammula (Blanchard 1853) [=Cetonia flammula]CW92
    |    |--D. idae (White 1856) [=Hemipharis idae]CW92
    |    |--D. marginicollis Kraatz 1900CW92
    |    |--D. rufolatera Lea 1914CW92
    |    |--D. subfoveata Thomson 1878CW92
    |    |--D. torrida (Janson 1874) [=Hemipharis torrida]CW92
    |    `--D. walteri Lea 1914CW92
    `--Diaphonia Newman 1840G09 (see below for synonymy)
         |--*D. dispar Newman 1840 [=*Dysectoda dispar; incl. Di. penelope Newman 1840, Di. ulysses Newman 1840]CW92
         |--‘Chondropyga’ allardi Rigou 1997G09
         |--D. bacchusi Rigou 1997G09
         |--D. caroli Lea 1914 [=D. frenchi Lea 1912 non Schoch 1898]CW92
         |--D. deyrollei (Thomson 1878) [=Eupoecila deyrollei]CW92
         |--‘Dysectoda’ digglesi Janson 1874M86
         |--D. dorsalis (Donovan 1805)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
         |--D. euclensis Blackburn 1894CW92
         |--D. frenchi Schoch 1898CW92
         |--D. gulosa Janson 1873 [=*Chondropyga gulosa]CW92
         |    |--D. g. gulosaCW92
         |    `--D. g. angustiflava Lea 1929CW92
         |--D. kerleyi Rigou 1997G09
         |--D. lateralis Blackburn 1894CW92
         |--D. luteola Janson 1873CW92
         |--D. melanopyga Lea 1914CW92
         |--D. mniszechi Janson 1873 [=*Hemichnoodes mniszechi]CW92
         |--D. neglecta (Thomson 1880) [=Eupoecila neglecta]CW92
         |--D. nigriceps (Blanchard 1850)CW92 [=Schizorrhina nigricepsCW92, Hemischnoodes nigricepsG09]
         |--D. notabilis White 1846CW92 [=Chondropyga notabilisM86, Schizorrhina notabilisM86]
         |--D. olliffiana Janson 1889CW92 [=Chondropyga olliffianaG09]
         |--D. palmata (Schaum 1848)CW92 (see below for synonymy)
         |--D. parryi Janson 1873CW92 [=Hemischnoodes parryiG09]
         |--D. satelles Blackburn 1894CW92
         |--D. seminigraM86
         |--D. succinea (Hope 1844) [=Schizorhina succinea, *Poecilocephala succinea]CW92
         |--D. suturata (Nonfried 1891) [=Schizorrhina (Diaphonia) suturata]CW92
         |--D. wittei (Schoch 1898) [=Hemichnoodes wittei]CW92
         `--D. xanthopyga (Germar 1848) [=Schizorrhina (Diaphonia) xanthopyga, *Melobastes xanthopyga]CW92

Aphanesthes decorticata (Macleay 1863)CW92 [=Schizorhina decorticataCW92, Cacochroa decorticataCW92, *Camilla decorticataCW92; incl. Schizorhina assimilis Macleay 1863CW92, Lyraphora assimilisM86, Schizorrhina neva Gestro 1870CW92]

Aphanesthes gymnopleura (Fischer 1823)CW92 [=Cetonia gymnopleuraCW92, *Cacochroa gymopleuraCW92, Schizorrhina gymnopleuraM86; incl. Ca. tenebricosaM86]

Chlorobapta frontalis (Donovan 1805)CW92 [=Cetonia frontalisCW92, Schizorrhina frontalisM86; incl. Schyzorhina cunningham Gory & Percheron 1833CW92, Schizorrhina (Diaphonia) jansoni Olliff 1885CW92, Schizorhina viridisignata Macleay 1863CW92, Chlorobapta viridisignataM86]

Diaphonia Newman 1840G09 [=Dysectoda Kraatz 1880CW92; incl. Chondropyga Kraatz 1880CW92, Hemichnoodes Kraatz 1880CW92, Melobastes Thomson 1880CW92, Phyllopodium Schoch 1895CW92, Poecilocephala Kraatz 1880CW92]

Diaphonia dorsalis (Donovan 1805)CW92 [=Cetonia dorsalisCW92, Chondropyga dorsalisG09, Schizorrhina dorsalisM86; incl. Ce. hookeri Swartz 1817CW92]

Diaphonia palmata (Schaum 1848)CW92 [=Schizorrhina (Diaphonia) palmataCW92, Lyraphora palmataM86, *Phyllopodium palmatumCW92]

Dilochrosis atripennis (Macleay 1863) [=Schizorhina atripennis; incl. Hemipharis atripennis castanea Janson 1873, Dilochrosis castanea]CW92

*Eupoecila australasiae (Donovan 1805)CW92 [=Cetonia australasiaeCW92, Neophonia australasiaeCW92, Schizorrhina australasiaeM86; incl. Cetonia orpheusB35]

*Hemipharis insularis (Gory & Percheron 1833) [=Schyzorhina insularis; incl. H. froggatti Macleay 1888, H. olivacea Schoch 1898, H. speciosa Janson 1873]CW92

*Lyraphora obliquata (Westwood 1842)CW92 [=Schizorhina obliquataCW92; incl. Diaphonia gratiosa Blanchard 1850CW92, Lyraphora gratiosaM86, Schizorhina ocellata Macleay 1863CW92, L. ocellataM86]

*Metallesthes metallescens (White 1859)CW92 [=Diaphonia metallescensCW92, Schizorrhina metallescensM86; incl. Schizorhina unicolor Macleay 1863CW92, Metallesthes unicolorG09]

*Micropoecila cincta (Gory & Percheron 1833)CW92 [=Cetonia cinctaCW92, Schyzorhina cinctaCW92; incl. Diaphonia breweri Janson 1873CW92, Micropoecila breweriM86, Cetonia circumcincta Boisduval 1835CW92, Eupoecila fluvocincta Blanchard 1850CW92, Micropoecila cincta melancholica Lea 1914CW92]

Neoclithria eburneoguttata (Blanchard 1850)CW92 [=Eupoecila eburneoguttataCW92; incl. Cetonia incana Macleay 1863CW92, Clithria incanaM86, *Neoclithria incanaCW92]

Neorrhina octopunctatum (Burmeister 1842)G09 [=Eupoecila octopunctatumCW92, Polystigma octopunctatumCW92, Schizorrhina octopunctataM86; incl. E. ochracea Westwood 1854CW92, *Neorrhina ochraceaCW92, Schizorrhina ochraceaM86]

*Trichaulax philipsii (Schreibers 1802)CW92 [=Cetonia philipsiiCW92, Schizorrhina philipsiiM86; incl. C. carinata Donovan 1805CW92, Schizorhina donovani Thomson 1878CW92, Trichaulax donovaniM86, Schizorhina kirbyi Thomson 1878CW92, T. kirbyiM86, Schizorhina schreibersii Thomson 1878CW92]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d’Urville. Faune entomologique de l’océan Pacifique, avec l’illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[CW92] Cassis, G., & T. A. Weir. 1992. Cetoniinae. In: Houston, W. W. K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea pp. 426–454. AGPS Press: Canberra.

[G09] Golding, M. R. 2009. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 5: Cetoniidae. Privately published.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 21–126.

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