Species Trichodesma gibbosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited

beetle with punk rock haircut - Trichodesma gibbosa

tiny beetle - Trichodesma gibbosa? - Trichodesma gibbosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)

Subfamily Anobiinae (Death-watch Beetles)

Tribe Nicobiini

Genus Trichodesma

Species gibbosa (Trichodesma gibbosa)

Explanation of Names

Trichodesma gibbosa (Say 1825)

gibbosa = 'humped'

Size

4.5–7.0 mm(1)(2)

Identification

Elytra with a large basal nude patch, otherwise densely covered with pale recumbent hairs; tufts of dorsal surface almost black (combination is diagnostic)

Range

e NA (QC-FL to ON-IA-TX); Bahamas - Map (3)(4)(5)(6), absent along Gulf and s. Atlantic plains

Food

Hosts: Hickory, elm sprouts, dead Persea, sour gum, tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), sweetgum joists and studding(4)

See Also

T. klagesi is the only other species which the bare basal patch on elytra, but the tufts are brown, and the covering hairs yellowish

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Family: Anobiidae. White, R.E. 1982. USDA-ARS, Washington, DC. xi + 59 pp.

5.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

6.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 20 November, 2006 - 5:27pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 22 March, 2023 - 11:06am

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