Pachyserica natmatoung

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

Pachyserica natmatoung is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Myanmar. [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.6–9.6 mm. They have a dark brown, oblong-oval and convex body. The punctures of the elytra, elytral stripes and legs are reddish brown. The elytra with dark spots. The antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is dull, partly with a weak iridescent shine and with fine, dense, short, white setae. There are long, fine, erect, yellow setae on the head and a few on the pronotum. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its type locality, Nat Ma Toung. [3]

References

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