Bee Chaffer

Silsombos, Molenbeek, Erps-Kwerps, Belgium (June, 2014).
Around 10 millimeters long. Head and pronotum black. Each elytra is creamy yellow with three black bands (making its pattern similar to that of bees; hence the name). The first black band reaches the scutellum.

comments (6)

RMFelix

Lion

Check out this three photos: http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enXCompare.cgi?ID=ed6a687d14
I believe this one is Trichius zonatus.
http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03278p068.pdf

cheers* Posted 9 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Hi RMFelix, I think you are right so I have corrected it. many thanks! ;-) Posted 9 years ago

Pudding4brains

Lion

For ID change (or rather just a name change really) please refer to forum:
https://www.jungledragon.com/forum/2/campfire/887/taxonomy_scarabaeoidea_on_jd.html Posted 5 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Sorry I am very exhausted from my working day to red through the forum note..could you let me know which species update I need to do? Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Pudding4brains
    
    Lion
    
    Oh, you don't need to do anything ;o) I changed the name (ID) of the beetle from Trichius zonatus to Trichius gallicus (which is the currently valid name for this species in Belgium) and assumed that you would get notification of that, so this was just me explaining (in a rather lazy way) that I had changed the name and why.
    Maybe you'll want to update the name in your own photo collection at home, but having it as "zonatus" there won't likely cause any great confusion either, so that's up to you of course. Enjoy your well deserved rest!
    Cheers, Arp Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      Ah, Ok, no problem, I trust your expertise! ;-) Posted 5 years ago