Gastroserica shaanxiana

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Gastroserica shaanxiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gastroserica
Species:
G. shaanxiana
Binomial name
Gastroserica shaanxiana
Ahrens & Pacholátko, 2003

Gastroserica shaanxiana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China (Shaanxi). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.9–7.8 mm. They have a yellowish brown, oval body. The frons, antennal club, elytral margins and two symmetrical spots on the pronotal disc are dark brown. The dorsal surface is dull and densely covered with short setae and with moderately dense, longer, erect setae interspersed. [3]

Etymology

The species is named for its occurrence in Shaanxi province. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gastroserica (Gastroserica) shaanxiana 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.; Pacholátko, P. (2003). "New data on the distribution of species of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, with descriptions of five new taxa from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 342: 1–18. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
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