An Emerald Flower Scarab in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/30/2013).

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An Emerald Flower Scarab in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/30/2013).

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Emerald Flower Scarab in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/5/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 945761 - Psn: 75)

Emerald Flower Scarab in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/5/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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An Emerald Flower Scarab (completely green form) collected in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2015).

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An Emerald Flower Scarab collected in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2015).

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An Emerald Flower Scarab collected in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/23/1984).

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An Emerald Flower Scarab collected in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/15/1985).

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An Emerald Flower Scarab in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/30/2013). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

Emerald Flower Scarab in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/5/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Matthew Beziat.

An Emerald Flower Scarab (completely green form) collected in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). View Record Details Media by Mike Burchett.

An Emerald Flower Scarab collected in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). View Record Details Media by Mike Burchett.

An Emerald Flower Scarab collected in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/23/1984). Media by Frank Guarnieri.

An Emerald Flower Scarab collected in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/15/1985). Media by Frank Guarnieri.

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Trichiotinus lunulatus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Trichiotinus
Species:	T. lunulatus
Binomial name
*Trichiotinus lunulatus* (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Trichius carolinensis Fabricius, 1775 Trichius rasilicaudus Gmelin, 1790 Trichius rufiventris Casey, 1914 Trichius semiviridis Casey, 1914 Trichius virens Casey, 1915 Trichius viridulus Casey, 1915

Trichiotinus lunulatus, known generally as the emerald flower scarab or metallic green flower scarab, is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.^[1]^[2]

References

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^ "Trichiotinus lunulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
^ "Trichiotinus lunulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Taxon identifiers
Trichiotinus lunulatus	Wikidata: Q14876399 Wikispecies: Trichiotinus lunulatus BOLD: 312839 BugGuide: 5275 EoL: 1027770 GBIF: 1081832 iNaturalist: 491310 IRMNG: 10380375 ITIS: 929232 NatureServe: 2.1127171 NCBI: 1932078 Open Tree of Life: 3333458

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Emerald Flower Scarab

Trichiotinus lunulatus (Fabricius, 1775)

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