Trichostetha bicolor
| Trichostetha bicolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Trichostetha |
| Species: | T. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichostetha bicolor | |
Trichostetha bicolor is an afrotropical species of flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Cape Floristic Region.[1] It it sometimes synonymized with Trichostetha capensis, but in addition to morphological differences, T. bicolor is found further south and in different habitat types than the former species, with no intermediate forms or populations.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b 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". ZooKeys. 428: 41–56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.428.7855.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Péringuey, Louis (1907). "Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)". Transactions of the South African Phylosophical Society. 13: 1–546.
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