Trichiodera

Trichiodera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Tanyproctini
Genus: Trichiodera
Burmeister, 1855
Species:
T. bicarinita
Binomial name
Trichiodera bicarinita
(Gyllenhal, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Melolontha bicarinita Gyllenhal, 1817

Trichiodera is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Trichiodera bicarinita, which is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11 mm (0.43 in). They are testaceous-red, with the forehead, pronotum, scutellum and pectus clothed with a dense, long, flavous pubescence. The club of the antennae is flavous. The elytra are glabrous but with an outer marginal fringe of ciliate hairs, deeply and equally punctured, and without costules or striae, not even a juxta-sutural one. The propygidium and pygidium are almost impunctate, the latter fringed with long hairs.

References

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  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Trichiodera bicarinita at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
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