Taeniodera cupreicollis (Bourgoin, 1924)

Taeniodera cupreicollis (Bourgoin, 1924) has been found only South Vietnam since it was described by Bourgoin in 1924 of the genus Macrontona. The type locality is Di Linh, Lam Dong Province. The species belong to T. egregia group. In Vietnam, there are 7 species of Taeniodera were recorded, and 4 of them are considered be endemic to the fauna of the country.

Taeniodera cupreicollis (Bourgoin, 1924) Photos taken by Do Thanh Cong

Checklist of Cetoniinae, Scarabaeidae of Vietnam

1. Agnorimus masumotoi Fujioka, 2011
2. Agnorimus pictus (Moser, 1901)
3. Anthracophora vietnamica Sakai, 1992
4. Bivalgus harmandi Paulian, 1961
5. Bombodes vitalisi Bourgoin, 1914
6. Campsiura superba Neervoort Van De Poll, 1889
7. Centrognathus bimaculatus Moser, 1913
8. Cetonia (Eucetonia) sakaii Antoine, 2000
9. Clerota bodhisattva Kunckel d'Herculais, 1912
10. Clerota dixoni Valck Lucassen, 1931
11. Clerota jansoni Bourgoin, 1926
12. Clerota jeanvoinei Valck Lucassen, 1931
13. Clerota vietnamica Miksic, 1977
14. Clinteria buffeventi Bourgoin, 1916
15. Clinteria ducalis subsp. annamitica Paulian, 1960
16. Clinteria ducalis subsp. bourgoini Paulian, 1960
17. Clinteria ducalis subsp. garnieri Bourgoin, 1917
18. Clinteria ducalis subsp. tonkinensis Paulian, 1960
19. Clinteria magna Krajcik & Jakl, 2007
20. Clinteria sakaii Antoine, 2000
21. Clinterocera cruciata Moser, 1901
22. Clinterocera jucunda Westwood, 1874
23. Clinterocera raui (Paulian, 1961)
24. Clinterocera rufithorax Moser, 1901
25. Coenochilus bifoveolatus Fairmaire, 1888
26. Coenochilus tonkinensis Moser, 1910
27. Coilodera lepesmei Ruter, 1972
28. Coilodera penicillata subsp. nigroscutellaris Moser, 1901
29. Coilodera vitalisi Bourgoin, 1924
30. Cosmiomorpha decliva subsp. baryi Bourgoin, 1916
31. Cosmiomorpha setulosa subsp. cribellata Fairmaire, 1893
32. Cosmiomorphomima arrowi Paulian, 1960
33. Cymophorus pulchellus subsp. tonkinensis Schein, 1954
34. Charitovalgus bufo Arrow, 1944 (female)
35. Dasyvalgus annamensis Miyake, 1993 (ZR-1996/1997)
36. Dasyvalgus binhanus (Pic, 1928)
37. Dasyvalgus bonifacyi Paulian, 1961
38. Dasyvalgus carbonarius Arrow, 1910
39. Dasyvalgus dalatinus Miyake, 1993
40. Dasyvalgus decamaculatus Miyake, 1993
41. Dasyvalgus grandis Pic, 1928
42. Dasyvalgus laligantii (Fairmaire, 1888)
43. Dasyvalgus luteofasciatus Paulian, 1961
44. Dasyvalgus montivagus Moser, 1915
45. Dasyvalgus nudis Miyake, 1994
46. Dasyvalgus piceus Moser, 1904
47. Dasyvalgus poilaneorum Paulian, 1961
48. Dasyvalgus subglaber Paulian, 1961
49. Dasyvalgus taiwanus Miyake, 1991
50. Dasyvalgus xanthurus Paulian, 1961
51. Dicronocephalus adamsi subsp. drumonti Legrand, 2005
52. Dicheros (Coryphe) inermiceps Bourgoin, 1917
53. Diphyllomorpha spinarcuata (Paulian, 1960)
54. Diphyllomorpha subopaca subsp. vuilleti (Bourgoin, 1913)
55. Diphyllomorpha vitalisi (Bourgoin, 1913)
56. Epitrichius bowringii (Thomson, 1857)
57. Epitrichius fraterculus (Moser, 1901)
58. Epitrichius versutus (Krikken, 1972)
59. Euselates (Euselastes) argodi Bourgoin, 1916
60. Euselates (Euselastes) fairmairei Miksic, 1974 (n. n. for T. furcata Fairmaire)
61. Euselates (Euselastes) katsurai Krajcik, 2005 (ZR-2006)
62. Euselates (Euselastes) magna Thomson, 1880
63. Euselates (Euselastes) perraudieri Fairmaire, 1893
64. Euselates (Euselastes) schoenfeldti Kraatz, 1893
65. Euselates (Euselastes) stricticollis Bourgoin, 1926
66. Euselates (Euselastes) tonkinensis Moser, 1901
67. Euselates (Euselastes) vouauxi Bourgoin, 1916
68. Glycosia tricolor subsp. vietnamica Miksic, 1982
69. Glycyphana (Caloglycyphana) binotata Gory & Percheron, 1833
70. Glycyphana (Caloglycyphana) fadilae Miksic, 1967
71. Glycyphana (Caloglycyphana) georgijevici Miksic, 1967
72. Glycyphana (Glycyphaniola) gracilipes Moser, 1914
73. Glycyphana (Glycyphaniola) nepalensis subsp. roquesi Bourgoin, 1916
74. Glycyphana (Glycyphaniola) quadricolor subsp. huyghei Bourgoin, 1917
75. Glycyphana (Glycyphaniola) tonkinensis Moser, 1914
76. Glycyphana (Glycyphaniola) tonkinensis subsp. simplicollis Miksic, 1968
77. Goliathopsis velutinus Pouillaude, 1913
78. Herculaisia melaleuca Fairmaire, 1899
79. Herculaisia satanas Seilliere, 1910
80. Hybovalgus bioculatus Kolbe, 1904
81. Hybovalgus fraternus Moser, 1915
82. Hybovalgus fulvosquamosus Moser, 1904
83. Hybovalgus tonkinensis Moser, 1904
84. Ingrisma cupreola Fairmaire, 1893
85. Ingrisma nasuta Fairmaire, 1893
86. Ingrisma spinifemora Krajcik, 2003
87. Ingrisma viridipallens Bourgoin, 1917
88. Ixorida (Ixorida) mouhoti Wallace, 1868 (? mouhotii)
89. Jumnos ferreroiminettiique subsp. chantrainei Devecis, 2002
90. Jumnos ruckeri subsp. tonkinensis Nagai, 1992
91. Macronotops vuilleti (Bourgoin, 1916)
92. Microvalgus (Paediovalgus) bicolor Pic, 1928
93. Microvalgus (Paediovalgus) curtus Paulian, 1961
94. Neovalgus masumotoi Kobayashi, 2011
95. Oreoderus aciculatus Paulian, 1961
96. Oreoderus brevicarinatus Pic, 1928
97. Oreoderus coomani Paulian, 1961
98. Oreoderus longicarinatus Ricchiardi, 2000
99. Oreoderus meridionalis Paulian, 1961
100. Oreoderus quadricarinatus Arrow, 1944
101. Parapilinurgus variegatus Arrow, 1910
102. Paratrichius alexisi Krajcik, 2007 (ZR-2008)
103. Paratrichius campagnei (Bourgoin, 1917)
104. Paratrichius cruentus (Moser, 1901)
105. Paratrichius elegantulus (Moser, 1901)
106. Paratrichius flavipes (Moser, 1901)
107. Paratrichius hajeki Krajcik, 2010
108. Paratrichius marmoreus (Moser, 1901)
109. Paratrichius pauliani Tesar, 1941
110. Paratrichius pulchellus Iwase, 2005
111. Paratrichius pullatus (Bourgoin, 1915)
112. Paratrichius saucius (Moser, 1901)
113. Paratrichius versicolor (Moser, 1901)
114. Paratrichius vicinus (Bourgoin, 1915)
115. Paratrichius vitalisi (Bourgoin, 1915)
116. Platysodes madoni Bourgoin, 1923
117. Pleuronota rufosquamosa Fairmaire, 1893
118. Protaetia (Chrysoliocola) nodieri Bourgoin, 1919
119. Protaetia (Chrysoliocola) nodieri Bourgoin, 1919
120. Protaetia (Dicranobia) potanini Kraatz, 1889
121. Protaetia (Liocola) speculifera Swartz, 1817
122. Protaetia (Macroprotaetia) rubrocuprea Bourgoin, 1917
123. Protaetia (Pachyprotaetia) ventralis Fairmaire, 1893
124. Protaetia (Pachyprotaetia) ventralis Fairmaire, 1893
125. Protaetia (Potosia) neglecta Hope, 1831
126. Protaetia (Potosia) neglecta Hope, 1831
127. Protaetia (Sinoliocola) speculifera Swartz, 1817
128. Protaetia (Sinoliocola) speculifera Swartz, 1817
129. Protaetia (Vietnamoprotaetia) aeneipes Bourgoin, 1920
130. Protaetia (Vietnamoprotaetia) aeneipes Bourgoin, 1920
131. Protaetia (Vietnamoprotaetia) sericophora Seilliere, 1910 (? 1920)
132. Protaetia (Vietnamoprotaetia) sericophora Seilliere, 1910 (? 1920)
133. Protaetia cariana Gestro, 1891
134. Protaetia cariana Gestro, 1891
135. Protaetia fuscovirens Bourgoin, 1916
136. Protaetia fuscovirens Bourgoin, 1916
137. Protaetia ruteri Paulian, 1959 (? 1960)
138. Protaetia ruteri Paulian, 1959 (? 1960)
139. Protaetia vietnamica Miksic, 1984
140. Protaetia vietnamica Miksic, 1984
141. Pseudodiceros nigrocyaneus Bourgoin, 1917
142. Pseudotorynorrhina fortunei subsp. nitida Bourgoin, 1917
143. Pseudotorynorrhina tonkiniana Ruter, 1965
144. Philistina (Cephalocosmus) tonkinensis (Moser, 1903)
145. Rhomborhina (Pseudorhomborrhina) fuscipes Fairmaire, 1893
146. Rhomborhina bossioni Bourgoin, 1916
147. Rhomborhina bousqueti subsp. vietnamica Alexis & Delpont, 1998
148. Rhomborhina castanea Sakai, 1997
149. Rhomborhina folschveilleri Devecis, ZR-2009
150. Rhomborhina folschveilleri mathisi Devecis, ZR-2009
151. Rhomborhina melly subsp. diffusa Fairmaire, 1897
152. Rhomborhina resplendens subsp. chatanayi Bourgoin, 1916
153. Taeniodera coomani Bourgoin, 1926
154. Taeniodera cupreicollis Bourgoin, 1924
155. Taeniodera dessumi Ruter, 1972
156. Taeniodera flavofasciata Moser, 1901
157. Taeniodera miksiciana Krajcik, ZR-2011
158. Taeniodera nigricollis Janson, 1881
159. Taeniodera zebraea Fairmaire, 1893
160. Tibiotrichius flavitarsis (Fairmaire, 1887)
161. Tibiotrichius vietnamensis Miyake, 1996
162. Tibiotrichius violaceus Iwase, 2005
163. Torynorrhina distincta Hope, 1841
164. Torynorrhina fulvopilosa Moser, 1911
165. Torynorrhina laotica Nonfried, 1906
166. Torynorrhina rufoscutella Devecis, ZR-2010
167. Torynorrhina scutellata Paulian, 1960
168. Torynorrhina thiemei Moser, 1901
169. Thaumastopeus shangaicus Neervoort Van De Poll, 1886
170. Trigonophorinus riaulti Fairmaire, 1897
171. Valgus tonkinensis Arrow, 1944

Herculaisia, the Hercules Beetles

Herculaisia is a genus of Cetoniinae subfamily, Scarabaeidae family; some authors recorded it as family level, Cetoniidae. Members of Cetoniinae also known as flower chafer though many of them feed on tree sap, fungi or fruit, not flowers.

Name of the genus origin from Hercules, a Roman name of the famous hero of Greek mythology, Heracles. Heracles is haft man, haft god; he is a son of Zeus, the King of Gods, and a mortal woman (her name is Alcmene). Zeus named Heracles to honor his wife, Hera, and  "heracles" is meaning of  Hera's glory. Hera, the Queen of Gods, who is Zeus's wife, tried to kill Heracles by sent to his crib two snakes as he just a baby. However Heracles killed them all, each one in each hand. As grow up, Heracles was compelled to perform a series of heroic tasks for his cousin Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae. One of the tasks is killing the Hydra, a monster that relate to his dead later. Hydra is munti-head monster, that lived in the swamps of Lerna, and be known as an position monster (lethal can be found in its breath, blood or even footprints). Heracles cut off all the head of the monster Hydra with help of his nephew, Iolaus; as soon as Heracles cut off one Hydra's head, his nephew was there to sear the wounded neck with flame to prevent many more snaky head grow up. Hydra's blood related to his dead, as trying to cross the river with his third wife, Deianara, Heracles allowed a centaur, named Nessus, to ferry Deianara across the river but then the centaur had attacked her on the other side. Heracles killed him with an arrow that treated by poisonous Hydra blood. Before Nessus die, he told Deinara to keep some of his blood for a love potion. Deinara used some on Heracles' tunic to keep him faithful, little realizing that it had been poisoned with Hydra venom from the arrow. Heracles donned the tunic and died in agony.

Hercules and the Hydra, painted by Antonio del Polaiolo (1431-1498) Florence, Rome

The genus Herculaisia was erected by Seilliere in 1910, in description of the species Herculaisia satanas, the species found from North Vietnam, Ha Giang. There are only two species of the genus, the second species also found from Ha Giang and South China, Herculaisia malaleuca was transferred from the genus Neophaedimus. H. melaleuca much more common than it related species H. stanas.

Male of Herculaisia melaleuca (Fairmaire, 1899)

Male of Herculaisia satanas Seilliere, 1910