Temnoscheila, Westwood, 1830

Kippenhan, Michael G., 2022, The Bark-Gnawing Beetles of Montana, USA (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae, Peltidae, and Lophocateridae), Including New Substantial Distributional Records for Tenebroides collaris (Sturm), The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (4), pp. 569-576 : 571

TemNOScheILA Westwood, 1830

With 105 extant species distributed worldwide, the vast majority of Temnoscheila species occur in the Western Hemisphere ( Kolibáč 2013). Their medium-to-large size and often shiny-green-to-purple dorsal coloration makes them the most easily observable trogossitids, and the most frequently encountered in museum collections. There are 10 species found across the United States, all of which are predatory, primarily on xylophagous beetles ( Kolibáč 2013). A single species is found in Montana.