Thaumaglossa tonkinea

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Thaumaglossa tonkinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Bostrichoidea
Family:
Dermestidae
Genus:
Thaumaglossa
Species:
T. tonkinea
Binomial name
Thaumaglossa tonkinea
Pic, 1916

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]

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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. doi: 10.1603/AN13026 . S2CID   85171002.
  2. ↑ "Contribution to the Dermestidae of Taiwan (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Latvijas Entomologs 2009, 47: 21-26. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Thaumaglossa tonkinea Pic, 1916". www.dermestidae.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Revision of the Thaumaglossa tonkinea species group (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Oriental Region". Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 86 (2008). Retrieved 2021-08-08.


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