Gynaecoserica variipennis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gynaecoserica |
| Species: | G. variipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gynaecoserica variipennis | |
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Gynaecoserica variipennis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in Bhutan and in the Himalaya from eastern central Nepal to the Darjeeling-Sikkim area in India.[3][2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.5 mm (ssp. variipennis) and about 4.5 mm (ssp. wuermlii). They have a narrow, elongated body, speckled with light and dark. The head and pronotum have a green metallic shine. The dorsal surface is mostly dull, with a few single, long setae.[4]
Subspecies
- Gynaecoserica variipennis variipennis (Himalaya, from eastern central Nepal to the Darjeeling-Sikkim area)
- Gynaecoserica variipennis wuermlii (Frey, 1972) (Bhutan)
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ a b Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 4, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gynaecoserica variipennis 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 4, 2025.
- ^ Ahrens, D. (1996). "Revision der Sericini des Himalaya und angrenzender Gebiete. Die gattungen Lasioserica Brenske, 1896 und Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea)" (PDF). Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen. 16: 1–48. Retrieved November 24, 2025.