Euphoria (beetle)

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Euphoria_fulgidaPCCA20050515-7450A.jpg

| image_caption = Euphoria fulgida

| taxon = Euphoria

| authority = Burmeister, 1842

|subdivision = 59, see text

|synonyms = * Euphoriopsis

}}

Euphoria is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae, the flower or fruit chafers. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina. They are most diverse in Mexico and Central America.Micó, E., et al. (2000). [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=entomologypapers&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fbav%3Don.2%2Cor.r_qf.%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D650%26bvm%3Dpv.xjs.s.en_US.M4-36_38X9A.O%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF-8%26lr%3D%26q%3Drelated%3AgAiXmvq0yNAk9M%3Ascholar.google.com%2F#search=%22related%3AgAiXmvq0yNAk9M%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%22 New larval descriptions for two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larvae and a review of the larval biology.] Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(4), 795-801. As of 2012, there are 59 species in the genus.Orozco, J. (2012). [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1649/0010-066X-66.mo4.1?journalCode=cole Monographic revision of the American genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae).] The Coleopterists Bulletin (11), 1-182.