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Bombodes
B. westwoodi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Bombodes Westwood, 1848
Type species
Bombodes ursus Westwood, 1848.

Bombodes is a genus of flower chafers. They are characterized by a bumble-bee like patterning in black and yellow with hairy covering over their bodies. About species are known all from along the Himalayan ranges and surrounding regions.

Species that have been described in the genus include:

• Bombodes alinae Jakl & Hava, 2020
• Bombodes tangi Huang & Chen, 2015
• Bombodes westwoodi Thomson, 1857
• Bombodes ursus Westwood, 1848
• Bombodes dejeani Pouillaude, 1914
• Bombodes vitalisi Bourgoin, 1914
  • (possibly synonymous) Bombodes affinis Bourgoin, 1917
• Bombodes nigellus Bourgoin, 1916
• Bombodes klapperichi Schein, 1953

References

1. Krikken, J. (1977). "The Asian genus Pleuronota Kraatz and allied forms: a clarification (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 51 (13): 199–209.
2. Huang H.; Chen CH.-CH. (2015). "Description of a new species of the genus Bombodes Westwood, 1848 from SE Tibet, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Taenioderini)". Anima.X. 68: 1–10.
3. Jakl, Stanislav; Hava, Jiri (2020). "A contribution to knowledge of Bombodes Westwood, 1848 with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Taenioderini)" (PDF). Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series. 16 (1): 133–139.

• Cetoniinae
• Scarabaeidae genera