Trichostetha bicolor

Trichostetha bicolor
	Trichostetha bicolor feeding on flowers of Agathosma capensis (Rutaceae) at Saldanha Bay, September 2004
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Trichostetha
Species:	T. bicolor
Binomial name
	Trichostetha bicolor; Péringuey

Trichostetha bicolor is an

flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Cape Floristic Region.^[1] It is sometimes synonymized with Trichostetha capensis, but in addition to morphological differences, T. bicolor is found further north and in different habitat types than the former species, with no intermediate forms or populations.^[1]^[2]

References

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PMID 25161367
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^ Péringuey, Louis (1907). "Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)". Transactions of the South African Phylosophical Society. 13: 1–546.

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[perissinotto2014-1] 
PMID 25161367
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[peringuey1907-2] Péringuey, Louis (1907). "Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)". Transactions of the South African Phylosophical Society. 13: 1–546.

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