''Trichostetha'' (Greek 'hairy' + 'chest') is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the

scarab beetle The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

family. It is endemic to southern Africa, and its species most commonly occur in mountainous terrain. The genus includes several species that have only recently been described, as well as many species lacking a description of any of the larval stages. Except for ''T. fascicularis'' and its subspecies, the species comprising ''Trichostetha'' have small ranges of distribution, frequently in the Cape Floral Region of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Species and subspecies

The genus ''Trichostetha'' includes the following species and subspecies: *'' Trichostetha albopicta'' (Gory & Percheron, 1833) *'' Trichostetha barbertonensis'' Holm & Marais, 1988 *'' Trichostetha bicolor'' Péringuey, 1907 *'' Trichostetha calciventris'' Stobbia, 1995 *'' Trichostetha capensis'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) **''Trichostema capensis capensis'' (Linnaeus, 1767) **''Trichostema capensis hottentotta'' (Gory & Percheron, 1833) **''Trichostema capensis oweni'' Allard, 1992 *''

Trichostetha coetzeri ''Trichostetha coetzeri'' is an afrotropical species of Cetoniinae, flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Cape Floristic Region. It was first described by Holm and Marais in 1988. References

Endemic beetle ...

'' Holm & Marais, 1988 *'' Trichostetha curlei'' Perissinotto, Šípek & Ball, 2014 *'' Trichostetha dukei'' Holm & Marais, 1988 *'' Trichostetha fascicularis'' (

, 1767) **''Trichostetha fascicularis maraisi'' Stobbia, 1995 **''Trichostetha fascicularis natalis'' Burmeister, 1842 **''Trichostetha fascicularis nigripennis'' Allard, 1992 **''Trichostetha fascicularis prunipennis'' Burmeister, 1842 *'' Trichostetha fuscorubra'' (Voet, 1779) *'' Trichostetha hawequas'' Holm & Perissinotto, 2004 *'' Trichostetha mimetica'' Devecis, 1997 *'' Trichostetha potbergensis'' Holm & Perissinotto, 2004 *'' Trichostetha signata'' (Fabricius, 1775) **''Trichostema signata signata'' (Fabricius, 1775) **''Trichostema signata tibialis'' Burmeister, 1842

References

Beetles of Africa Insects of South Africa Cetoniinae Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister {{Cetoniinae-stub