Triodontella ikuthana

Triodontella ikuthana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Triodontella
Species:	T. ikuthana
Binomial name
Triodontella ikuthana (Brenske, 1901)
Synonyms
Triodonta ikuthanaBrenske, 1901

Triodontella ikuthana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Kenya. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They have a narrow, strongly punctate frons, which is covered with appressed hairs. The pronotum is somewhat darker in the middle than on the yellowish-brown sides, which are almost straight, scarcely widening posteriorly, the posterior angles sharp, almost slightly projecting, the surface uniformly densely punctate and covered with short, appressed hairs, with a few fine setae at the margins of the anterior angles. The elytra are uniformly densely punctate with short, appressed, uniform hairs. The suture and three ribs are somewhat convex and a stripe next to the lateral margin and before the apex next to the suture is darkened. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Triodontella ikuthana 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
3. Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (2–3): 187–234. Retrieved February 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .