Oxythyrea is a genus of Palaearctic and African chafer beetles, erected by Étienne Mulsant in 1842.Mulsant E (1842) Histoire naturelle des coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris: Maison Libraire, Lyon: Imprimerie de Dumoulin, Ronet et Sibuet, viii + 626 pp. , 3 pls.
Description Members are typically about 10–15 mm in size, and are usually black with white dots or lines on the thorax, elytra, and abdomen; each species has its own distinctive pattern. Oxythyrea are active during the day, and are often found feeding on flowers.
Species The taxonomy of this genus has been subject to debate, with subdivision into up to three subgenera including Oxythyrea (Oxythyrea sensu stricto); BioLib.cz includes the following:BioLib.cz: genus Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1842 (retrieved 5 July 2026) Oxythyrea abigail Oxythyrea abigailoides Oxythyrea albopicta Oxythyrea cinctella Oxythyrea cinctelloides GBIF: Oxythyrea (Oxythyrea) cinctelloides (Reitter, 1898) Oxythyrea dulcis Oxythyrea funesta - type species (as Scarabaeus funestus ) Oxythyrea groenbechi Oxythyrea noemi Oxythyrea pantherina Oxythyrea subcalva Oxythyrea tripolitana subgenus Oxythyrea (Manodema) Oxythyrea pygidialis subgenus Oxythyrea (Stichothyrea) Oxythyrea (Stichothyrea), Kraatz, 1882, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Oxythyrea densata Oxythyrea guttifera Oxythyrea picticollis
Some species have been classified in a closely related genus Leucocelis.
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