NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Euchroea nigra Pouillaude, 1915
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Euchroea nigra Pouillaude, 1915
- Name authority
- Pouillaude, 1915
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Euchroea
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- series zoologyStaphyliniformia
- superfamilyScarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
- familyScarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyCetoniinae Leach, 1815
- tribeStenotarsiini Kraatz, 1880
- subtribeEuchroeina Paulian & Descarpentries, 1982
- genusEuchroea Burmeister, 1842
- speciesEuchroea nigra Pouillaude, 1915
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Euchroea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Euchroea abdominalis (Gory & Percheron, 1835) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea anthracina (Brancsik, 1892) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea auripigmenta (Gory & Percheron, 1835) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea aurora Burmeister, 1842 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea aurostellata Fairmaire, 1898 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea clementi Künckel D'Herculais, 1887 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea coelestis Burmeister, 1842 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea flavoguttata Waterhouse, 1882 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea histrionica Burmeister, 1842 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea urania Fairmaire, 1897 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea vadoni Ruter, 1974 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euchroea viossati Ruter, 1973 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pouillaude, I. (1915). Diagnoses de quelques Cétonides de Madagascar. Insecta 5(58-60):156-161. http://www.archive.org/stream/insectapublicati56191516facu#page/n175/mode/1up Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3BTBZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.