Gametis forticula

Gametis forticula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gametis
Species:
G. forticula
Binomial name
Gametis forticula
(Janson, 1881)
Synonyms

Oxycetonia jucunbda Nomura, 1959[1]
Glycyphana forficula Janson, 1881[2]

Gametis forticula[3] is a species of beetle described by Oliver Erichson Janson in 1881. Gametis forticula belongs to the genus Gametis and the family Cetoniidae.[4][5] Forticula is present in Southern Japan and Taiwan archipelagos.[6]

Subspecies

The species is divided into the following subspecies:[4]

  • Gametis forticula lutaoensis
  • Gametis forticula kotoensis
  • Gametis forticula yonakuniana

References

  1. ^ Nomura S. (1959) Notes on the Japanese Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with two subspecies from Formosa, Toho-Gakuho. Tokyo 9:39โ€“54
  2. ^ Schoch G. (1896) Nachtrag II & III zu Schoch: Die Genera und Species meiner Cetonidensammlung, Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft. Lausanne 9:378โ€“401
  3. ^ Janson O.E. (1881) Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae Nr.7, Cistula entomologica 2(24):603โ€“611
  4. ^ a b Bisby F.A. , Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G. and Ouvrard D. (eds.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database, Schoolmeesters P., 2011-05-30
  6. ^ "Gametis forticula (Janson, 1881)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-10.