Pachyserica zhanbaoxiangi

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.2 mm. They have an oblong and convex body. The body (including legs) is reddish brown. The antennae are yellowish brown, the pronotum and ventral surface darker and the frons and elytral intervals dark green. The dorsal surface is dull, the head and pronotum with yellow, long, erect setae, as well as lanceolate or oblong, white setae, The elytra additionally have a few longer, lanceolate or fine semierect setae. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after one of the collectors, Mr. Bao-Xiang Zhan. [3]

References

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