Biology:Thaumaglossa tonkinea
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Thaumaglossa tonkinea, is a species of skin beetle found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan and probably Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
This oval shaped beetle has a total body length is about 2.5 to 2.9 mm.[3] Cuticle black to dark brown dorsally and blackish ventrallly. Head finely punctuate with long erect white-grey pubescence. Palpi yellow. Eyes are very large. Antennae consists with 11 segments and dark-brown in color. Punctuation of pronotum fine, with long recumbent white-grey pubescence. There is a black medial spot on pronotum. Scutellum triangular, with fine puncturation and clothed with very short white pubescence. Elytra black with dark-brown apex. Epipleuron black, fringed with white pubescence. Femora dark-brown, with brown tibiae with short white setae.[4]
References
- ↑ Kadej, M.; Háva, J. (2013). "A New Thaumaglossa Species from Laos (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), with a Key to the Laosan Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 106 (5): 555–561. doi:10.1603/AN13026.
- ↑ "Contribution to the Dermestidae of Taiwan (Coleoptera)". http://leb.daba.lv/Hava_Taiwan.pdf.
- ↑ "Thaumaglossa tonkinea Pic, 1916". http://www.dermestidae.com/Thaumaglossatonkinea.html.
- ↑ "Revision of the Thaumaglossa tonkinea species group (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Oriental Region". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270272930.
Wikidata ☰ Q3283077 entry
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