Triodontella judaica

Triodontella judaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Triodontella
Species:	T. judaica
Binomial name
Triodontella judaica (Blanchard, 1850)
Synonyms
Omaloplia judaicaBlanchard, 1850 Triodonta lusitanicaBrenske, 1894

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. The forehead and vertex have erect hairs and are less coarsely and less densely punctate than the clypeus. The thorax is very finely and densely punctate, with appressed hairs. The scutellum is elongate, pointed, and triangular, with very finely punctate hairs. The elytra have two distinct stripes with some indistinct ones beside them, evenly and finely punctate, with appressed hairs. The color of the elytra is light brown and dark. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Triodontella judaica 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 3, 2026.
3. Brenske, E. (1894). "Die Melolonthiden der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region im Königlichen naturhistorischen Museum zu Brüssel. Beschreibung neuer Arten und Bemerkungen zu bekannten". Mémoires de La Société Entomologique de Belgique. 2: 3–87. Retrieved February 3, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Description of Triodonta lusitanica