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Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn
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You know that the sun MUST be out for them to fly...
Can be the same temp but no sun, no beetles...
They drop to the ground and dig in as soon as it gets cloudy...
I ain't kidding either.
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Range: Eastern United States, west to New Mexico.
Flight Period: End of February to August in Texas per specimens in TAMUIC
Food: Adults feed on fruit and flowers. Larvae develop in dung, rotten wood, and humus. (White 1983)
Similar Species: There are approximately 73 species of Euphoria and about 20 species in the U.S. per Arnett et al. (2002).
Texas Taxa:
Euphoria casselberryi Robinson - Type locality: Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co. (Robinson, 1937).
Euphoria devulsa Horn
Euphoria discicollis (Thomson)
Euphoria fulgida fulgida (Fabricius)
Euphoria fulgida fuscocyanea Casey
Euphoria herbacea (Olivier)
Euphoria hirtipes Horn
Euphoria inda (Linnaeus)
Euphoria kerni Haldeman
Euphoria lineoligera Blanchard
Euphoria schotti LeConte - Type locality is Eagle Pass, Maverick County. (LeConte, 1853).
Euphoria sepulcralis nitens Casey
Euphoria sepulcralis sepulcralis (Fabricius)
Photos: Adult - Adult - Adult - BugGuide.Net
Etymology: Euphoria inda (Linnaeus)
eu (G). Good, well
phor, -a, -e, -i, -o (G). Carry, bear
Biography: Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) - University of California, Berkeley
References:
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.
Borror, D.J. 1960. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. National Press Books, Palo Alto. v + 134 pp.
Blatchley, W.S. 1910. The Coleoptera of Indiana. Bulletin of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources 1: 1-1386.
Casey, T. L. 1915. A review of the American species of Rutelinae, Dynastinae, and Cetoniinae. Memoires of the Coleoptera 6: 1-394.
Hardy, A.R. 1988. Studies in the Euphoriina of the Americas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). I. Introduction and generic concepts. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 42(1): 1-9.
Hardy, A.R. 2001. Studies in the Euphoriina of the Americans (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) II. Status of names in Euphoria, types and synonymies, with notes on the South American species. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 77 (3):127-143.
Hayes, W.P. 1925. A comparative study of the life cycle of certain phytophagous scarabaeid beetles. Kansas Agricultural Experimental Station Technical Bulletin, 16:1-146.
Lago, P.K., R.L. Post, & C.Y. Oseto. 1979. The Phytophagous Scarabaeidae and Troginae (Coleoptera) of North Dakota. Publication No. 12: 1-131.
Mico, E., A.B.T. Smith, & M.A. Moron. 2000. New larval descriptions for two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larvae and a Review of the Larval Biology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 93(4): 795–801.
Ratcliffe B.C. 1976. Notes on the biology of Euphoriaspis hirtipes (Horn) with a description of the larva and pupa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 30(3): 217-225.
Ratcliffe B.C. 1991. The scarab beetles of Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 12: 1–333.
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp.
Ritcher, P.O. 1966. White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae. Oregon State University Monograph Series No. 4: 1-219.
Robinson, M. 1937. A new Euphoria from Texas. Entomological News 48: 163.
Schwarz, E.A. 1890. Myrmecophilous Coleoptera found in temperate North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 1: 237-247.
Wheeler, W.M. 1910. Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior. Columbia University Press, New York. 663 pp.
White, R.E. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. xii + 405 pp.
27 Apr 2008 © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information
