Tetraserica sculptilis

Tetraserica sculptilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Tetraserica
Species:	T. sculptilis
Binomial name
	Tetraserica sculptilis; Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens, 2014

Tetraserica sculptilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in China (Hubei, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.

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.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin sculptilis (meaning modelled or sculptured) and refers to the shape of the aedeagus.

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. Bibcode:2019ZooK..837....1F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.837.32057. PMC 6477869. PMID 31048963. Retrieved November 7, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
1 2 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.448.8429. PMC 4233395. PMID 25408611. Retrieved November 11, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[:1-1] 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.

[:3-2] 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. Bibcode:2019ZooK..837....1F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.837.32057. PMC 6477869. PMID 31048963. Retrieved November 7, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[:2-3] 1 2 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.448.8429. PMC 4233395. PMID 25408611. Retrieved November 11, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.