Pachyserica tayyentu
| Pachyserica tayyentu | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachyserica |
| Species: | P. tayyentu
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachyserica tayyentu Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
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Pachyserica tayyentu is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Vietnam.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5–7.7 mm. They have a dark brown, oval and strongly convex body. The dorsal surface has a greenish shine and the elytra have darker spots. The antennae are yellow. The ventral surface and legs are brown. The dorsal surface has an iridescent shine, with fine, partly patchily distributed or dense, short, white or yellowish setae.[3]
Etymology
The species is named after its type locality, the Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachyserica tayyentu 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.