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Protaetia fusca (Herbst)

Escaraba asiatico del mango, Asian Mango Flower Beetle

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea

Family
Scarabaeidae

Section
Cetoniini

Genus
Protaetia

Species
fusca

Taxon category: Accepted

Asian Mango Flower Beetle, native to SE Asia, adventive in many warmer parts of the world, incl. FL (first detected in the wild 1985).

Origin: Introduced - established

Status

Least concern

Introduction

Year of first record: 2015

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Under watch

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • R.E. Woodruff (2006) The Asian mango flower beetle, Protaetia fusca (Herbst), and Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius) in Florida and the West Indies Insecta Mundi 20: 227-231, 2006

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"Galapagos Species Database, Protaetia fusca", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18583. Accessed 3 November 2026.