Biology:Tetratoma yunnanensis

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Short description: Species of polypore fungus

Tetratoma yunnanensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tetratomidae
Genus: Tetratoma
Species:
T. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Tetratoma yunnanensis
Nikitsky, 2016

Tetratoma yunnanensis is a species of polypore fungus beetle found within the family Tetratomidae. Being identified in 2016 by Bolshaya Nikitskaya, Tetratoma yunnanensis was described from the Chinese providence of Yunnan within Southern China.[1]


Closely related to Tetratoma nobuchii from Japan, this species exhibits a uniquely shiny, metallic elytra compared to the blackish-blue metallic tint seen within T. nobuchii. Additionally, still comparing these two species, T. yunnanensis exhibits a shorter antennal club which, slightly, exceeds the lengths of its preceding antennomeres combined. Overall, the bronze-greenish, or completely bronze coloration, of the elytra distinguishes T. yunnanensis from other species within Tetratoma.[2]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q116620457 entry