Jansonia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Cetoniinae
Tribus: Gymnetini
Subtribus: Gymnetina
Genus: Jansonia
Species (1): J. anceps
Name

Jansonia Schürhoff, 1937: 56

Type species: Jansonia anceps (Janson, 1875)

Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne. Leg. Higgins. (Note, doubtful locality, after Ratcliffe, 2014, per Hielkema & Hielkema, 2019; Ratcliffe, 2019).
Synonymy

Jansonella Blackwelder, 1944: 263. [(Superfluous replacement name after Ratcliffe, 2014; as Blackwelder, 1944 thought name was preoccupied by "Jansonia" of Bates, 1891 [non-available, misspelling of Jansenia Chaudoir, 1865]).

References
Primary references

Schürhoff, P.N. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden (Col.) VIII. Revision der Gattung Gymnetis Mac Leay. Mitteilungen Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1-2: 56-80. Zobodat Reference page.

Additional references

Janson, O.E., [1875]. Descriptions of three new species of American Cetoniidae. Cistula Entomologica 1: 373-376. BHL. Reference page.
Blackwelder, R.E. 1944. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 1. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: i–xii, 1–188. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.185.i Open access. hdl: 10088/21278. BHL. Reference page.
Ratcliffe, B.C. 2014: A new genus and species of Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, other new species of Cyclocephalini, Pentodontini, and Phileurini from South America, and a revised key to the genera of New World Pentodontini. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(4): 663-680. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.663 Reference page.
Hielkema, A. & Hielkema, M.A. 2019. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas. Insecta Mundi 732 (732): 1-306. DOI
Ratcliffe, B.C. 2019: Keys to Adults of all Genera and Larvae of 19 Species of Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the New World, with a Species Checklist and Descriptions of Two New Genera and Species from Mexico and Martinique. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(1): 1-26. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-73.1.1 Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on May 9, 2017]

Jansonia is a genus of flower chafer belonging to the family scarab beetles, containing the single species Jansonia anceps.[1]
References

Museum, United States National (1957). Bulletin. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 157.