Gastroserica dembickyi

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Gastroserica dembickyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gastroserica
Species:
G. dembickyi
Binomial name
Gastroserica dembickyi
Ahrens, 2000

Gastroserica dembickyi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Vietnam. [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.6-8.7 mm. They have a yellowish brown, egg-shaped, oval body. There are sometimes two symmetrical dark stains on the disc of the pronotum and sometimes dark stripes on the intervals of the elytra. The dorsal surface is nearly glabrous, except for the cilia along the margins and some single, long setae on the elytra. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, Lubos Dembicky. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gastroserica (Gastroserica) dembickyi 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 26, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Ahrens, D. (2000). "Synopsis der Gattung Gastroserica Brenske, 1897 des ostasiatischen Festlandes (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Sericini)". Entomologische Abhandlungen Staatlichen Museum Für Tierkunde, Dresden. 59 (3): 73–121. Retrieved November 26, 2025.