Tocama tonkinensis
| Tocama tonkinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini |
| Genus: | Tocama |
| Species: | T. tonkinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tocama tonkinensis (Moser, 1913) | |
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Tocama tonkinensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Shandong, Yunnan), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 24 mm (0.94 in).[4] They are sexually dimorphic, particularly with regard to the shape of the pygidium. Additionally, the intraspecific variation is significant in body colour. There are two main forms of body colour, black and castaneous.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tocama tonkinensis 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.
- 1 2 Li, Chun-Lin; Wang, Chuan-Chan; Keith, Denis; Yang, Ping-Shih (2012). "On the genus Tocama Reitter (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), with descriptions of two new species from Indochina". ZooKeys. 177: 37–48. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - ↑ Moser, J. (1915). "Neue Melolonthiden und Cetoniden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 59: 579–605. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
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