Thaumaglossa tonkinea explained

Thaumaglossa tonkinea, is a species of skin beetle found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan and probably Sri Lanka.[1] [2]

Description

This oval shaped beetle has a total body length is about 2.5 to 2.9 mm.[3] Cuticle black to dark brown dorsally and blackish ventrallly. Head finely punctuate with long erect white-grey pubescence. Palpi yellow. Eyes are very large. Antennae consists with 11 segments and dark-brown in color. Punctuation of pronotum fine, with long recumbent white-grey pubescence. There is a black medial spot on pronotum. Scutellum triangular, with fine puncturation and clothed with very short white pubescence. Elytra black with dark-brown apex. Epipleuron black, fringed with white pubescence. Femora dark-brown, with brown tibiae with short white setae.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Kadej . M. . Háva . J. . 2013 . A New Thaumaglossa Species from Laos (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), with a Key to the Laosan Species . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 106 . 5 . 555–561 . 10.1603/AN13026. 85171002 . free .
  2. Web site: Contribution to the Dermestidae of Taiwan (Coleoptera) . 2021-08-08 . Latvijas Entomologs 2009, 47: 21-26.
  3. Web site: Thaumaglossa tonkinea Pic, 1916 . 2021-08-12 . www.dermestidae.com.
  4. Web site: Revision of the Thaumaglossa tonkinea species group (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Oriental Region . 2021-08-08 . Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 86 (2008).