title: A new species ofProtaetiaBurmeister, 1842 from Armenia with taxonomic notes onCetoniafloricolafaustiKraatz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae).
abstract: The history of usage of the name Cetonia floricola fausti Kraatz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) is discussed. In recent publications, the name Protaetia (Potosia) fausti was applied to a taxon that is not conspecific with Kraatz's holotype. We therefore reassign the name Cetonia fausti Kraatz, 1891 as a junior synonym of Protaetia splendidula (Faldermann, 1835) and discuss the justification for this synonymy. The taxon that was erroneously called Protaetia fausti in recent papers actually includes two distinct species: Protaetia jelineki (Petrovitz, 1981) and a species described in this paper as Protaetia (Potosia) haiastanica new species from northwestern and central Armenia and southwestern Georgia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, P. Sevak str., 7, Yerevan, 014, Armenia.. ghrejyan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tigran
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ghrejyan
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalashian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001136:Armenia; D001517:Coleoptera; D005846:Georgia (Republic)
keywords: Coleoptera, Potosia haiastanica, Georgia, Cetoniini, Palaearctic