Trictenotoma

Trictenotoma
Trictenotoma formosana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Trictenotomidae
Genus: Trictenotoma
Gray, 1832

Trictenotoma is a genus of beetle in the Trictenotomidae family. They have scales covering the elytra that fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Based on similarities in the larval characteristics, the family is thought to be closely related to the Salpingidae.

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References

  1. ↑ Mouchet, Sébastien R.; Verstraete, Charlotte; Kaczmarek, Anna M.; Mara, Dimitrije; Van Cleuvenbergen, Stijn; Van Deun, Rik; Verbiest, Thierry; Maes, Bjorn; Vukusic, Pete; Kolaric, Branko (2019). "Unveiling the nonlinear optical response of Trictenotoma childreni longhorn beetle". Journal of Biophotonics. 12 (9) e201800470. doi:10.1002/jbio.201800470. PMID 31134739.
  2. ↑ Hu, Fang-Shuo; Pollock, Darren A.; Telnov, Dmitry (2020). "Comparative morphology of immature Trictenotoma formosana Kriesche, 1919 and systematic position of the Trictenotomidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea)". European Journal of Taxonomy (640). doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.640. hdl:10141/622803.
  3. ↑ Telnov, Dmitry; Drumont, Alain (2020). "Revisional Notes on Trictenotoma Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) in Indochina Bioregion, with Description of a New Species". Annales Zoologici. 70 (2): 205–227. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.2.003.