Gastroserica vindenensis

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Gastroserica vindenensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gastroserica
Species:
G. vindenensis
Binomial name
Gastroserica vindenensis
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2018

Gastroserica vindenensis 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 8.2–8.3 mm. They have a reddish brown, oval body. The antennal shaft, pronotum and head are yellowish, while the frons, two indistinct large spots on the disc of the pronotum and antennal club are dark, the frons and pronotum with a weak iridescent shine. The dorsal surface is weakly shiny and sparsely covered with short setae and with moderately dense, longer, erect setae interspersed. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its type locality, Vin Den. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gastroserica (Gastroserica) vindenensis 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.; Fabrizi, S. (2018). "Two new species of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897 from Vietnam (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 128 (3): 177–180. Retrieved November 26, 2025.