Triodontella ikuthana
Species of beetle
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Triodontella ikuthana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Kenya.[2][3]
| Triodontella ikuthana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Triodontella |
| Species: | T. ikuthana |
| Binomial name | |
| Triodontella ikuthana (Brenske, 1901) | |
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They have a narrow, strongly punctate frons, which is covered with appressed hairs. The pronotum is somewhat darker in the middle than on the yellowish-brown sides, which are almost straight, scarcely widening posteriorly, the posterior angles sharp, almost slightly projecting, the surface uniformly densely punctate and covered with short, appressed hairs, with a few fine setae at the margins of the anterior angles. The elytra are uniformly densely punctate with short, appressed, uniform hairs. The suture and three ribs are somewhat convex and a stripe next to the lateral margin and before the apex next to the suture is darkened.[3]
