Trichostetha

Trichostetha (Greek 'hairy' + 'chest') is a genus of beetle in the scarab beetle family. It is endemic to southern Africa, and its species most commonly occur in mountainous terrain. The genus includes several species that have only recently been described, as well as many species lacking a description of any of the larval stages. Except for T. fascicularis and its subspecies, the species comprising Trichostetha have small ranges of distribution, frequently in the Cape Floral Region of South Africa. The genus is believed to be related to Odontorrhina.

==Species and subspecies== The genus Trichostetha includes the following species and subspecies: Trichostetha albopicta (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Trichostetha barbertonensis Holm & Marais, 1988 Trichostetha bicolor Péringuey, 1907 Trichostetha calciventris Stobbia, 1995 Trichostetha capensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Trichostema capensis capensis (Linnaeus, 1767) Trichostema capensis hottentotta (Gory & Percheron, 1833) Trichostema capensis oweni Allard, 1992 Trichostetha coetzeri Holm & Marais, 1988 Trichostetha curlei Perissinotto, Šípek & Ball, 2014 Trichostetha dukei Holm & Marais, 1988 Trichostetha fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) Trichostetha fascicularis maraisi Stobbia, 1995 Trichostetha fascicularis natalis Burmeister, 1842 Trichostetha fascicularis nigripennis Allard, 1992 Trichostetha fascicularis prunipennis Burmeister, 1842 Trichostetha fuscorubra (Voet, 1779) Trichostetha hawequas Holm & Perissinotto, 2004 Trichostetha mimetica Devecis, 1997 Trichostetha potbergensis Holm & Perissinotto, 2004 Trichostetha signata (Fabricius, 1775) Trichostema signata signata (Fabricius, 1775) Trichostema signata tibialis Burmeister, 1842