Trichius fasciatus

spotted today in a little park near my house in Wijk bij Duurstede the Netherlands.

comments (7)

Christine Young

Lion

Love this photo and beetle! Posted 5 years ago
1. Paul Dirksen
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you Christine. Posted 5 years ago

Jivko Nakev

Lion

Hi Paul, I think this is not T.fasciatus but T.gallicus.
The first black band on the elytra of T.fasciatus reaches the scutellum or even spread across the wing-case, while at T.gallicus the black blotches on the wing-case are similar sizes to other blotches.
BTW, here from all the 5 photos, only one is of T.fasciatus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichius_fasciatus
I have edited the other 3 entries accordingly. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  I agree with Jivko that it is probably (!) gallicus (aka zonatus), but the colour pattern is _not_ deemed a secure character for ID. This is a male. If you have a (big/sharp) close-up of the tibia of the second leg and/or a shot of the ventral side of the abdomen it may help to secure the ID. Posted 5 years ago
2. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Ahw, yes - I remember looking at this one before now ...
  The thing is, that Fauna Europaea only lists T. fasciatus for Finland and not "zonatus" (gallicus)...
  So, either:
  1) this is fasciatus and shows exactly why the colour pattern is not reliable for ID
  2) this is gallicus (or sexualis?) and you have a new species for Finland
  3) Fauna Europaea is full of sh*t
  ...
  Either way, it would be nice to see the characters that _do_ work for ID :o)
  
  P.S. These pages seem to suggest that "zonatus" has been recorded in Finland before (by Bert Gustafsson):
  http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/warp/coleoptera-3-Finnish-list.html
  http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/coleoptera/scarabaeoidea/scarabaeidae/trichiinae/trichius/#zonatus Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
3. 1. Jivko Nakev
    
    Lion
    
    Arp, I think the photo is taken in the Netherlands! :-) Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Pudding4brains
      
      Lion
      
      Huh?! Must have not have had my head screwed on correctly last night ... could have sworn the Geotag was pointing at Finland :-/
      (oh duh: must have messed that up with the image that Jivko linked, from Finland *rolleyes*)
      Okay, so that makes gallicus (aka onatus) all the more likely. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago

The Eurasian Bee Beetle

''Trichius fasciatus'' is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. This beetle is present in most of Europe and in the East Palearctic ecozone.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Paul Dirksen