Atrichelaphinis (Atrichelaphinis) Kraatz, 1898

Rojkoff, Sebastien & Perissinotto, Renzo, 2015, Review of the genera Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1892 and Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), ZooKeys 482, pp. 91-142 : 98

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Atrichelaphinis (Atrichelaphinis) Kraatz, 1898

Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898; Distant 1911: 266; Schenkling 1921: 304; Marais and Holm 1992: 11.

Elaphinis Péringuey, 1907; Schenkling 1921: 304; Schein 1960: 98.

Type species.

Cetonia tigrina Olivier, 1789.

Subgeneric characters.

Clypeus transverse (almost as long as wide) without sexual dimorphism, bilobed; median part of pronotal posterior border either straight or slightly concave in front of scutellum; protibia tridentate, with two distal denticles very close to each other, proximal tooth sometimes very reduced or as slight sinuosity; metatibial apical spurs not enlarged in female; aedeagus with parameres fused and apically reployed downwards, except sometimes with small incision in downturning apical part (or sinuation when such incision is absent). Two species are currently included in the nominal subgenus.