Trichiotinus
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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.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/3295|title=Trichiotinus Genus Information|website=BugGuide.net|publisher=Iowa State University|accessdate=2018-01-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926626|title=Trichiotinus Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-01-25}}
Species
- 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
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- 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.
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Further reading
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- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Trichiotinus 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}}.
- {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}}
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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