Trogoderma

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Trogoderma
File:Trogoderma granarium1.jpg
Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Tribe: Megatomini
Genus: Trogoderma
Dejean, 1821
File:Trogoderma angustum (Solier, 1849).jpg
Trogoderma angustum
File:Trogoderma glabrum.jpg
Trogoderma glabrum
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Trogoderma granarium
File:Trogoderma megatomoides.jpg
Trogoderma megatomoides
File:CSIRO ScienceImage 2598 Warehouse beetle larvae Trogoderma variabile.jpg
Trogoderma variabile larva
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Trogoderma versicolor

Trogoderma is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. There are about 135 species worldwide.[1]

Some species are pests of stored animal and plant products.[2]

Taxonomy

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Recent research shows that Trogoderma (in its broad, traditional definition) is polyphyletic. Many species in the Southern Hemisphere are in a clade that is genetically distinct from the Holarctic species clade, which led to their proposed reclassification under the genus Eurhopalus (Zhou et al., 2022).[3] However, this change is not widely adopted - e.g., the World Dermestidae Catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023) still recognizes the old classification system and actively reinstated several genera synonymized with Eurhopalus.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Háva, J. (2009). Review of the genus Trogoderma from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Archived 2019-08-02 at the Wayback Machine Baltic Journal of Coleopterology, 9(2), 111-117.
  2. ^ Wei, C., et al. (2015). Scanning electron microscope observations on the antennal sensilla of two stored grain pests Trogoderma granarium and Trogoderma variabile (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Florida Entomologist, 98(1), 140-148.
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