Tetraserica appendiculata
| Tetraserica appendiculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tetraserica |
| Species: | T. appendiculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetraserica appendiculata Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
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Tetraserica appendiculata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Laos.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.8–8.8 mm. The surface of the labroclypeus and the disc of the frons are glabrous. The smooth area anterior to the eye is twice as wide as long.[3]
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin appendiculus (meaning small appendage) and refers to the small appendix of the paramere.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica appendiculata 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 10, 2025.
- ^ a b c Fabrizi, Silvia; Dalstein, Vivian; Ahrens, Dirk (April 9, 2019). "A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". Zookeys. 837. Pensoft: 1–155. Retrieved November 10, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.