''Trichostetha bicolor'' is an

afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

species of flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Cape Floristic Region. It is sometimes synonymized with ''

Trichostetha capensis ''Trichostetha capensis'', also known as the brunia beetle and the Cape Protea chafer is an afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the ...

'', but in addition to morphological differences, ''T. bicolor'' is found further north and in different habitat types than the former species, with no intermediate forms or populations.

References

Endemic beetles of South Africa Cetoniinae Beetles described in 1907 {{Cetoniinae-stub