Pachyserica chenchangchini
| Pachyserica chenchangchini | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachyserica |
| Species: | P. chenchangchini
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachyserica chenchangchini Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
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Pachyserica chenchangchini is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Yunnan).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They have a reddish brown, oval and strongly convex body. The legs are also reddish brown, and the frons has dark green toment. The pronotum has a green shine and the elytra have large, dark spots. The antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is weakly iridescent, with fine, partly patchily distributed, or dense, short, white setae. There are long, fine, erect, yellow setae on the head, pronotum and anterior elytra.[3]
Etymology
The species is named after Mr. Chang-Chin Chen.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachyserica chenchangchini 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 December 5, 2025.
- ^ a b c Ahrens, D.; Zhao, M-Z.; Pham, P.V.; Liu, W-G. (2024). "Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)". Zootaxa. 5491 (1): 1–89. Retrieved December 5, 2025.