Holotrichia cochinchina

Holotrichia cochinchina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Holotrichia
Species:
H. cochinchina
Binomial name
Holotrichia cochinchina
(Nonfried, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Ancylonycha cochinchinae Nonfried, 1891
  • Holotrichia moseri Arrow, 1944
  • Lachnosterna pinguis Fairmaire, 1904
  • Autoserica cochinchinae Brenske, 1899

Holotrichia cochinchina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.5-7 mm. They are dull and brown, with a slight opalescent sheen (especially underneath). The clypeus is broad, angular with straight sides and very weakly rounded corners, densely and coarsely, wrinkledly punctate, with a faint longitudinal elevation in the middle, which is still indicated as a faint, unpunctate line on the frons. This is more finely punctate and as densely punctate as the pronotum. The pronotum is less transversely weakly rounded at the sides with sharp posterior angles. The anterior margin is not projected in the middle, and the punctures contain minute hairs. The scutellum is small and broad. The elytra are broadly and shallowly striated. A dense row of punctures is present in the striae. The broad interstices are sparsely punctate and minutely hairy. The pygidium is weakly pointed and dull, but quite densely punctate.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Holotrichia cochinchina 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.