Trichodesma (beetle) explained

Trichodesma is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 11 described species in Trichodesma.

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Trichodesma:

• Trichodesma cristata (Casey, 1890)

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• Trichodesma fuliginosa White, 1981

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• Trichodesma gibbosa (Say, 1825)

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• Trichodesma klagesi Fall, 1905

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• Trichodesma kurosawai Sakai, 1986

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• Trichodesma pratti Fisher, 1919

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• Trichodesma pulchella Schaeffer, 1903

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• Trichodesma sellata Horn, 1894

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• Trichodesma setifera (LeConte, 1858)

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• Trichodesma sordida Horn, 1894

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• Trichodesma texana Schaeffer, 1903

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Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free. 2011ZooK...88....1B.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Philips . T. Keith. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J.H.. 2002. Family 70. Anobiidae Fleming 1821. American Beetles. CRC Press. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 245–260. 0-8493-0954-9.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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