Triodontella castiliana

Triodontella castiliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Triodontella
Species:
T. castiliana
Binomial name
Triodontella castiliana
(Baraud, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Triodonta castiliana Baraud, 1961

Triodontella castiliana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Portugal and Spain.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8–10 mm. The body is entirely brown, somewhat dark, not very shiny and covered with a light, fine pubescence. The head is identical to that of Triodontella aquila, but the punctation is coarse and more widely spaced in places. The pronotum is covered with larger and denser punctation than in T. aquila. The punctation on the elytra is slightly finer than that of the pronotum and the striae and interstriae are barely visible.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Triodontella castiliana 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 9, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Baraud, J. (1962). "Révision des espèces paléarctiques du genre Triodonta Muls. (Col. Scarabaeidae)". Actes de La Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 100: 1–80. Retrieved February 9, 2026.