NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Euphoria leprosa Burmeister, 1842
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
- Euphoria leprosa Burmeister, 1842
- Name authority
- Burmeister, 1842
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Euphoria
- 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
- tribeCetoniini Leach, 1815
- subtribeEuphoriina Horn, 1880
- genusEuphoria Burmeister, 1842
- speciesEuphoria leprosa Burmeister, 1842
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Euphoria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Euphoria bispinis (Bates, 1889) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria boliviensis (Blanchard, 1850) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria casselberryi Robinson, 1937 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria chontalensis Bates, 1889 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria diminuta Orozco, 2012 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria discicollis (Thomson, 1878) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria fascifera (LeConte, 1861) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria fulgida (Fabricius, 1775) | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria hera Burmeister, 1842 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria hirtipes Horn, 1880 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria kernii Haldeman, 1852 | ScarabaeidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphoria lesueuri (Gory & Percheron, 1833) | 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.
- Burmeister, H. C. C. (1842). Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Melitophila. Enslin, Berlin 3:1-828. 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:3CRH6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.