Tocama hebeica

Tocama hebeica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Melolonthini
Genus: Tocama
Species:
T. hebeica
Binomial name
Tocama hebeica

Tocama hebeica is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 18–19 mm (0.71–0.75 in). They have an oval body. They are distinctly bicolored, with the anterior body and scutellum black, and the elytra reddish-brown. The underside is black and the appendages are blackish to brownish.[3]

Etymology

The species name refers to the geographical origin of the first specimens studied, the Chinese province of Hebei.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tocama hebeica at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Keith, D.; Sabatinelli, G. (2012). "Description de trois espèces et d'une sous-espèce nouvelles de Melolonthini des genres Tocama Reitter, 1902, et Exolontha Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 117 (3): 269–276. Retrieved May 12, 2026.