genus: PROTAETIA Burmeister 1842
subgenus: LIOCOLA C.G.Thomson 1859
species: lugubris Herbst 1770
origin: common European species
wild imago size: 19-25mm
sexual dimorphism: males with abdominal groove on sternits

subgenus: CETONISCHEMA Reitter 1898
species: aeruginosa Drury 1770
origin: widely in central and southern Europe
wild imago size: 22-28mm
sexual dimorphism: males have on pygidium intensive dints, females have these dints less evident or sometimes even almost imperceptible

note: Both above mentioned species also occur in Czech Republic, larvae live in old oak trees (Quercus sp.), sometimes in osiers (Salix sp.), especially L.lugubris. In captivity, life cycle takes 6-8 months. Adults live to 1 year. Temperature diapausis is not needed for successful reproduction.

species: speciosa Adams 1817
subspecies: jousselini Gory & Percheron 1833
origin: Iraq, Turkey, Syria
wild imago size: 20-30mm
sexual dimorphism:same as C.aeruginosa

subgenus: LIOCOLA C.G.Thomson 1859
species: himalayana Mikšič 1987
origin: Himalaya Mt., China
wild imago size: 25-28mm

subgenus: POTOSIOMIMA Mikšič 1968
species: aurichalcea Fabricius 1775
subspecies: madagassae Miksic 1968
origin: Reunion
wild imago size: around 20mm
sexual dimorphism: males with abdominal channel on sternits

subgenus: CALOPOTOSIA Reitter 1898
species: orientalis Gory at Percheron 1833
variety: submarmorea Burmeister 1842
origin: Japan
wild imago size: 24-27mm

species: inquinata Arrow 1913
origin: Taiwan
nature size: 22-25mm

subgenus: PROTAETIOLA Miksic 1963
species: conspersa Janson 1877
origin: Malaysia
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