Pachyserica chenchangchini

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Pachyserica chenchangchini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Pachyserica
Species:
P. chenchangchini
Binomial name
Pachyserica chenchangchini
Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024

Pachyserica chenchangchini is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China (Yunnan). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They have a reddish brown, oval and strongly convex body. The legs are also reddish brown, and the frons has dark green toment. The pronotum has a green shine and the elytra have large, dark spots. The antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is weakly iridescent, with fine, partly patchily distributed, or dense, short, white setae. There are long, fine, erect, yellow setae on the head, pronotum and anterior elytra. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after Mr. Chang-Chin Chen. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachyserica chenchangchini 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 December 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Ahrens, D.; Zhao, M-Z.; Pham, P.V.; Liu, W-G. (2024). "Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)". Zootaxa. 5491 (1): 1–89. Retrieved December 5, 2025.