Tetraserica microspinosa
| Tetraserica microspinosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tetraserica |
| Species: | T. microspinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetraserica microspinosa Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019
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Tetraserica microspinosa 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 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 the combined Greek and Latin words micros (meaning small) and spinosus (meaning with spines) and refers to a small spine-like tooth on the left paramere.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica microspinosa 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.