Trichostetha (Greek 'hairy' + 'chest') is a genus of beetle in the scarab beetle family. It is endemic to southern Africa, and its species most commonly occur in mountainous terrain.[1] The genus includes several species that have only recently been described, as well as many species lacking a description of any of the larval stages. Except for T. fascicularis and its subspecies, the species comprising Trichostetha have small ranges of distribution, frequently in the Cape Floral Region of South Africa.[1] The genus is believed to be related to Odontorrhina.[2]
| Trichostetha | |
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| Trichostetha coetzeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Cetoniini |
| Genus: | Trichostetha Burmeister, 1842 |
Species and subspecies edit
The genus Trichostetha includes the following species and subspecies:[3][4][5]
- Trichostetha albopicta (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Trichostetha barbertonensis Holm & Marais, 1988
- Trichostetha bicolor Péringuey, 1907
- Trichostetha calciventris Stobbia, 1995
- Trichostetha capensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Trichostema capensis capensis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Trichostema capensis hottentotta (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Trichostema capensis oweni Allard, 1992
- Trichostetha coetzeri Holm & Marais, 1988
- Trichostetha curlei Perissinotto, Šípek & Ball, 2014
- Trichostetha dukei Holm & Marais, 1988
- Trichostetha fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Trichostetha fascicularis maraisi Stobbia, 1995
- Trichostetha fascicularis natalis Burmeister, 1842
- Trichostetha fascicularis nigripennis Allard, 1992
- Trichostetha fascicularis prunipennis Burmeister, 1842
- Trichostetha fuscorubra (Voet, 1779)
- Trichostetha hawequas Holm & Perissinotto, 2004
- Trichostetha mimetica Devecis, 1997
- Trichostetha potbergensis Holm & Perissinotto, 2004
- Trichostetha signata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Trichostema signata signata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Trichostema signata tibialis Burmeister, 1842
References edit
- ^ a b Perissinotto, Renzo; Šípek, Petr; Ball, Jonathan (23 July 2014). "Description of adult and third instar larva of Trichostetha curlei sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the Cape region of South Africa" (PDF). ZooKeys (428): 41–56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.428.7855. PMC 4140519. PMID 25161367. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Perissinotto, Renzo (27 Dec 2012). "Description of a new species and a new subspecies of Odontorrhina Burmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), with ecological notes on the genus". African Invertebrates. 53 (2). South Africa: 733–744. doi:10.5733/afin.053.0217.
- ^ Meyers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S.; Dewey, T.A. (2014). "Trichostetha classification". The Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Trichostetha". Catalogue of Life. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Holm, E.; Perissinotto, R. (March 2011). "New Descriptions and Revisions of Southern African Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). I". African Entomology. 19 (1): 88–95. doi:10.4001/003.019.0107. S2CID 84780437. Retrieved 11 August 2014.