Gastroserica contaminata
| Gastroserica contaminata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gastroserica |
| Species: | G. contaminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gastroserica contaminata Ahrens & Pacholátko, 2003
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Gastroserica contaminata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Laos.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.3 mm. They have an oval body. The ventral surface, labroclypeus, legs, elytra and lateral margins as well as a median stripe of the pronotum are all yellow, while the frons, elytral margins as well as spots on the intervals, and on the pronotal disc are dark brown, sometimes with a metallic-green shine. The dorsal surface is dull, with moderately dense erect setae mixed with dense and short ones.[3]
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin contaminatus (meaning spotted).[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gastroserica (Gastroserica) contaminata at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
- ^ a b c Ahrens, D.; Pacholátko, P. (2003). "New data on the distribution of species of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, with descriptions of five new taxa from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 342: 1–18. Retrieved November 26, 2025.