Lasioserica imminuta

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Lasioserica imminuta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Lasioserica
Species:
L. imminuta
Binomial name
Lasioserica imminuta
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011

Lasioserica imminuta is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Bhutan. [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.3 mm. They have a dark brown, oblong body. The legs, margins of the pronotum and striae of the elytra are reddish brown. The antennae are yellowish brown. The dorsal surface is dull and almost glabrous and the labroclypeus and anterior frons are shiny. [3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin imminutus (meaning reduced) and refers to the narrower parameres and lateral apophysis of the aedeagus, compared to Lasioserica pacholatkoi . [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lasioserica imminuta 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 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Ahrens, D.; Fabrizi, S. (2011). "New species of Sericini from the Himalaya and adjacent mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 60 (2): 139–164. Retrieved November 17, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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