Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Cetonia aurata ssp aurata Rose Chafer					Subspecies		14 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cetonia aurata (Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer)
Genus	Cetonia (a genus of chafers)
Subfamily	CETONIINAE (a subfamily of chafers)
Family	SCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
Superfamily	SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series	Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cetonia aurata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds)	2006	A Coleopterist’s handbook	The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Cetonia aurata (Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCARABAEIDAE
(scarab, dung and carrion beetles)

SCARABAEOIDEA
(scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cetonia aurata (Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cetonia aurata (Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cetonia aurata is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)