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KINGDOM : Animalia
PHYLUM : Arthropoda
CLASS : Insecta
ORDER : Coleoptera
FAMILY : Scarabaeidae
SUBFAMILY : Cetoniinae
TRIBE : Goliathini
SUBTRIBE : Goliathina
GENUS : Fornasinius
SPECIES : F. Russus
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The genus Fornasinius Bertoloni was established in 1853 by Giuseppe Bertoloni to receive a taxon that was sufficiently distinct from the known representatives of the genus Goliathus Lamarck to merit a different placement. In spite of their large size and showy appearance, the members of the genus Fornasinius are poorly known. Here, the type species of the genus, F. fornasini Bertoloni, 1853 (type locality: Mozambique), is identified and re-described.
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