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Trinodes

Trinodes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed in the Palearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical realms. There are about 16 species.

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Trinodes
Trinodes hirtus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Tribe: Trinodini
Genus: Trinodes
Dejean, 1821

Trinodes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed in the Palearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical realms. There are about 16 species.1

Species include:

  • Trinodes albohirsutus Kalík, 1965
  • Trinodes amamiensis Ohbayashi, 1977
  • Trinodes carinatus Pic, 1916
  • Trinodes cinereohirtus Motschulsky, 1863
  • Trinodes emarginatus Arrow, 1915
  • Trinodes hirtus Fabricius, 1781
  • Trinodes insulanus Zhantiev, 1988
  • Trinodes minutus Pic, 1915
  • Trinodes niger Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
  • Trinodes puetzi Háva & Prokop, 20061
  • Trinodes rufescens Reitter, 1877
  • Trinodes rufithorax Pic, 1926
  • Trinodes senegalensis Pic, 1915
  • Trinodes sinensis Fairmaire, 1886
  • Trinodes tonkineus Pic, 1922
  • Trinodes villosulus Dahl, 1823
References

References

  1. Háva, J. & Prokop, J. (2006). Trinodes puetzi sp. nov., a new fossil species described from the Baltic Amber (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 69, 277-279.