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Trichostetha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Scarabaeoidea

Subfamily
  
Cetoniinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Beetle

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Scarabaeidae

Tribe
  
Cetoniini

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Beetle, Rhabdotis, Xeloma, Diplognatha

Trichostetha 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. 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.

Species and subspecies

The genus Trichostetha includes the following species and subspecies:

  • Trichostetha albopicta (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
  • Trichostetha alutacea Allard, 1992
  • Trichostetha barbertonensis Holm & Marais, 1988
  • Trichostetha calciventris Stobbia, 1995
  • Trichostetha capensis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • 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)
  • References

    Trichostetha Wikipedia