Euphoria fulgida (Fabricius, 1775)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 49

Euphoria fulgida (Fabricius, 1775)

Wickham 1911; Worthington and Larsen 2010; Orozco 2012; ISIC; IWUC; DAVC; ELFC; MJLC.

Collection dates: April–August.

Collected in flight near dogwood flowers, on dogwood flowers, and mating pair on dogwood flowers ( Cornus spp. ); also collected under leaf litter shallow depression (May) and on very ripe blackberries ( Rubus spp. ) in August with Cotinis nitida .

Specimen label data: Burlington , Des Moines Co., Iowa, 28 May 1936, F. Andre ( ISIC) ; Nine Eagles State Park , Decatur Co., Iowa, 12 June 2005 [3], dogwood flowers ( Cornus spp. ), DAV ( DAVC, ELFC) ; Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 2 August 2008, eating ripe blackberries [ Rubus spp. ], DAV ( DAVC) .

County records ( Figure 179 ): Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Des Moines, Fremont, Harrison, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Madison, Plymouth, Story, Van Buren, Warren, Winneshiek, Woodbury.

Figures

Figures 178–185. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 178) Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1758). 179) Euphoria fulgida (Fabricius, 1775). 180) Euphoria inda (Linnaeus, 1758). 181) Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius, 1801). 182) Cremastocheilus knochi LeConte, 1853. 183) Cremastocheilus retractus LeConte, 1874.184) Osmoderma eremicola