Triodontella colini

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are lighter or darker brown, with the pronotum more or less darkened in the middle, as is the posterior part of the frons, while the anterior part of the frons and the clypeus are red. The head is punctate and the frons is pubescent. The antennae are yellow. The pronotum is densely punctate and the elytra have rows of punctures, the intervals densely covered with punctures. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Triodontella colini 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.