Trichiotinus Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

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

• 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.

Further reading

• 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 .
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trichiotinus Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-25.
2. Web site: Trichiotinus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-25.