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Original page by TerrapinDundee from the http:/www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dmassoc/data/scarab_rose_chafer.htm page with his permission.
Needs further work to tidy and add links and to subdivide into further pages when other species added.
Date of publication of the name Cetonia aurata
My quick web search revealed two possibilities for Linnaeus' publication of the name Cetonia aurata (possibly in a different genus) - 1758 and 1761. Although 1758 is the commoner of the two in the search results, I am reluctant to believe it, and have therefore written 1761 in the taxobox. The reason for this is that it is all too easy to assume a date of 1758 for Linnaeus' names when no explicit date is given (since the majority of his published names derive from that year) and that therefore a few 1761s carry more weight with me than many more 1758s. If anyone knows for sure either way, please note it here. --Stemonitis 16:16, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It appears that the photo included with this entry is of the "Japanese Beetle", not the Rose Chafer. Rose Chafers have a more elongated body that is tan in color rather than metallic green.
I'm not a regular to this editing thing, but this caught my attention. The rose chafer is not a goldsmith beetle, which is of the subfamily Rutelinae, Cotalpa lanigera. In Linnaeus 1758, the true goldsmith beetle it is referred to as Scarabaeus lanigerus. [1] Also, [2]50.21.244.248 (talk) 14:41, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]