Leucopholis bezdeki

Leucopholis bezdeki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Leucopholis
Species:	L. bezdeki
Binomial name
	Leucopholis bezdeki; Calcetas, 2023

Last updated July 26, 2025

Leucopholis bezdeki is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 38.2 mm. The dorsum and venter are monochromatic black, covered with yellowish white scales.

Etymology

The species is named is named in honour of Dr Aleš Bezděk (Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic), a specialist on Asian melolonthines.^[1]

References

↑ Part of this text is from “Three new species of the genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Leucopholini) from the Philippines and designation of a neotype for L. semperi Brenske, 1896” by Calcetas O.A.. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license

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[1] Part of this text is from “Three new species of the genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Leucopholini) from the Philippines and designation of a neotype for L. semperi Brenske, 1896” by Calcetas O.A.. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license

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Leucopholis bezdeki

Contents

Description

Etymology

References