Tetratoma yunnanensis
| Tetratoma yunnanensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tetratomidae |
| Genus: | Tetratoma |
| Species: | T. yunnanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetratoma yunnanensis Nikitsky, 2016
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Tetratoma yunnanensis is a species of polypore fungus beetle found within the family Tetratomidae. Being identified in 2016 by Bolshaya Nikitskaya, Tetratoma yunnanensis was described from the Chinese providence of Yunnan in Southern China.[1]
Closely related to Tetratoma nobuchii from Japan, this species exhibits a uniquely shiny, metallic elytra compared to the blackish-blue metallic tint seen within T. nobuchii. Additionally, still comparing these two species, T. yunnanensis exhibits a shorter antennal club which, slightly, exceeds the lengths of its preceding antennomeres combined. Overall, the bronze-greenish, or completely bronze coloration, of the elytra distinguishes T. yunnanensis from other species within Tetratoma.[2]
References
- ^ Nikitsky, N.B. (2016-08-22). "A new species of the genus Tetratoma Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) from China". Zootaxa. 4154 (3): 346. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.10. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Nikitsky, N. B. (2016). Tetratoma (Tetratoma) yunnanensis Nikitsky, sp. nov. In A new species of the genus Tetratoma Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) from China, pp. 346-350 in Zootaxa (Vol. 4154, Number 3, pp. 347–350). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6060822