Tetraserica sculptilis
| Tetraserica sculptilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tetraserica |
| Species: | T. sculptilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetraserica sculptilis Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens, 2014
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Tetraserica sculptilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in China (Hubei, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.[1][2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9.1–9.8 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 sculptilis (meaning modelled or sculptured) and refers to the shape of the aedeagus.[3]
References
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica sculptilis 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 7, 2025.
- ^ 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 7, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b Liu, W.; Fabrizi, Silvia; Bai, M.; Yang, X.-K.; Ahrens, Dirk (April 9, 2019). "A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". Zookeys. 448. Pensoft: 83–121. Retrieved November 11, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.