Trichostetha

Trichostetha
Trichostetha coetzeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Tribe:	Cetoniidae
Genus:	Trichostetha Burmeister, 1842

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.^[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]

Species and subspecies

The genus Trichostetha includes the following species and subspecies:^{[2][3][lower-alpha 1]}

• 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)

Notes

1. T. fascicularis natalis and T. fascicularis prunipennis have been reinstated as valid subspecies based on new information, per Holm and Perissinotto.^[4]

References

1. 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 (428): 41–56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.428.7855. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
2. 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.
3. "Trichostetha". Catalogue of Life. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
4. Holm, E.; Perissinotto, R. (March 2011). "New Descriptions and Revisions of Southern African Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). I". African Entomology (Entomological Society of Southern Africa) 19 (1): 88–95. doi:10.4001/003.019.0107. ISSN 1021-3589. Retrieved 11 August 2014.