Tetraserica elargata

Tetraserica elargata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Tetraserica
Species:
T. elargata
Binomial name
Tetraserica elargata
Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, 2025

Tetraserica elargata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Laos.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.4 mm. The dorsal surface is dark brown and glabrous, the pronotum with a weak greenish shine. The ventral surface and the legs are reddish brown and the antennae are yellow.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin elargatus (meaning widened) and refers to its apically widened left paramere.

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica elargata 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 11, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Pham, Phu V.; Pacholátko, Petr; Ahrens, Dirk (2025). "New species and records of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)". Zootaxa. 5691 (2). Magnolia Press: 193–230. Retrieved November 11, 2025.