Trichiotinus is a genus of fruit and flower chafers in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 8 described species in Trichiotinus, all native to the New World.[1][2]
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Species
edit- Trichiotinus affinis (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
- Trichiotinus assimilis (Kirby, 1837) (hairy flower scarab)
- Trichiotinus bibens (Fabricius, 1775)
- Trichiotinus lunulatus (Fabricius, 1775) (emerald flower scarab)
- Trichiotinus piger (Fabricius, 1775) (bee-like flower scarab)
- Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (Casey, 1914)
- Trichiotinus texanus (Horn, 1876) (Texas flower scarab)
- Trichiotinus viridans (Kirby, 1837)
References
edit- ^ "Trichiotinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Trichiotinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2006). "OPINION 2162 (Case 3314): Stegopterus Burmeister and Schaum, 1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 63, part 4, 278–279.
Further reading
edit- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Trichiotinus
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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