Triodontella angusticrus

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Triodontella angusticrus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Triodontella
Species:
T. angusticrus
Binomial name
Triodontella angusticrus
(Moser, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Triodonta angusticrusMoser, 1917

Triodontella angusticrus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Tanzania. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. They are yellow, with yellowish hairs. The head, pronotum and scutellum are more or less reddish. The head is punctate. The frons is hairy and the antennae are yellow. The pronotum is densely punctate and the elytra have rows of punctures, the intervals covered with punctures. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Triodontella angusticrus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1917). "Neue afrikanische Melolonthiden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 3–4: 183–256. Retrieved January 22, 2026.