Trictenotoma

Trictenotoma
Trictenotoma formosana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Trictenotomidae
Genus: Trictenotoma
Gray, 1832

Trictenotoma is a genus of beetle in the Trictenotomidae family. They have scales covering the elytra that fluoresce under ultraviolet light.[1] Based on similarities in the larval characteristics, the family is thought to be closely related to the Salpingidae.[2]

  1. ^ Mouchet, Sébastien R.; Verstraete, Charlotte; Kaczmarek, Anna M.; Mara, Dimitrije; Van Cleuvenbergen, Stijn; Van Deun, Rik; Verbiest, Thierry; Maes, Bjorn; Vukusic, Pete; Kolaric, Branko (2019). "Unveiling the nonlinear optical response of Trictenotoma childreni longhorn beetle". Journal of Biophotonics. 12 (9): e201800470. doi:10.1002/jbio.201800470. PMID 31134739.
  2. ^ Hu, Fang-Shuo; Pollock, Darren A.; Telnov, Dmitry (2020). "Comparative morphology of immature Trictenotoma formosana Kriesche, 1919 and systematic position of the Trictenotomidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea)". European Journal of Taxonomy (640). doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.640. hdl:10141/622803.