Trigonopeltastes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Cetoniinae
Tribus: Trichiini
Subtribus: Trichiina
Genus: Trigonopeltastes
Species (26): T. arborfloricola – T. archimedes – T. aurovelutinus – T. barbatus – T. delta – T. deltoides – T. discrepans – T. femoratus – T. floridana – T. formidulosus – T. frontalis – T. geometricus – T. glabellus – T. henryi – T. intermedius – T. kerleyi – T. mombachoensis – T. pontilis – T. sallaei – T. simplex – T. thomasi – T. triangulus – T. truncatus – T. variabilis – T. wappesi – T. warneri
Name

Trigonopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum, 1840

Type species:

References
Additional references

Smith, A.B.T. 2016. Five new species of Trigonopeltastes Burmeister and Schaum from Central America with new country records for other New World Trichiini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). ZooKeys 617: 91–127. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.617.9178 Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on May 26, 2017]

Trigonopeltastes is a genus of fruit and flower chafers in the beetle family Scarabaeidae, found in North and Central America. There are more than 20 described species in Trigonopeltastes.[1][2][3]
Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Trigonopeltastes:

Trigonopeltastes arborfloricola Smith, 2016
Trigonopeltastes archimedes Schaum, 1841
Trigonopeltastes aurovelutinus Curoe, 2011
Trigonopeltastes barbatus Howden & Joly, 1998
Trigonopeltastes delta (Forster, 1771) (delta flower scarab)
Trigonopeltastes deltoides (Newmann, 1838)
Trigonopeltastes discrepans Howden, 1968
Trigonopeltastes femoratus Howden, 1968
Trigonopeltastes floridana (Casey, 1909) (scrub palmetto scarab)
Trigonopeltastes floridanus
Trigonopeltastes formidulosus Smith, 2016
Trigonopeltastes frontalis Bates, 1889
Trigonopeltastes geometricus Schaum, 1841
Trigonopeltastes glabellus Howden, 1988
Trigonopeltastes henryi Smith, 2016
Trigonopeltastes intermedius Bates, 1889
Trigonopeltastes kerleyi Ricchiardi, 2003
Trigonopeltastes mombachoensis Smith, 2016
Trigonopeltastes pontilis Howden, 1988
Trigonopeltastes sallaei Bates, 1889
Trigonopeltastes simplex Bates, 1889
Trigonopeltastes thomasi Howden & Ratcliffe, 1990
Trigonopeltastes triangulus (Kirby, 1818)
Trigonopeltastes truncatus Howden, 1968
Trigonopeltastes variabilis Howden, 1968
Trigonopeltastes wappesi Howden, 1988
Trigonopeltastes warneri Smith, 2016

References

"Trigonopeltastes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
"Trigonopeltastes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

"Trigonopeltastes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

Further reading

Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2019-07-02.