Pachyserica hoabinhensis

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

Pachyserica hoabinhensis 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 10.6 mm. They have a dark brown, oval and strongly convex body. The dorsal surface has a strong greenish, iridescent shine. The elytra are without dark spots and the antenna are yellow. The dorsal and ventral surface have fine, partly patchily distributed, or dense, short, white or yellowish setae. There are a few long, fine, erect, yellow setae on the head, pronotum and anterior elytra. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its occurrence in the Hoa Binh Province. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachyserica hoabinhensis 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.