Teuchestes

Teuchestes
Teuchestes analis, Vietnam
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Aphodiinae
Tribe:	Aphodiini
Genus:	Teuchestes Mulsant, 1842

Teuchestes is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 10 described species in Teuchestes, found worldwide.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Teuchestes:

• Teuchestes analis (Fabricius, 1787)
• Teuchestes brachysomus (Solsky, 1874)
• Teuchestes caffer (Wiedemann, 1823)
• Teuchestes dejeani (Harold, 1862)
• Teuchestes fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Teuchestes guangdong Rakovič & Mencl, 2012
• Teuchestes hongson Rakovič & Mencl, 2012
• Teuchestes sinofraternus (Dellacasa & Johnson, 1983)
• Teuchestes uenoi Ochi, Kawahara & Kon, 2006
• Teuchestes wicheri (Dellacasa & Johnson, 1983)

References

1. "Teuchestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
2. "Teuchestes". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
3. "Teuchestes Mulsant, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
4. Gordon, Robert D. & Skelley, Paul E. (2007). "A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 79: 1–580. ISBN 978-1-887988-23-0.

External links

• Media related to Teuchestes at Wikimedia Commons