Paraserica wangi

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Paraserica wangi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Paraserica
Species:
P. wangi
Binomial name
Paraserica wangi
Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2017

Paraserica wangi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China (Guizhou). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.3 mm. They have a greyish-black, oblong body. The antennae are yellowish brown. The dorsal and ventral surface are shiny and densely setose with partly double pilosity. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, Wang Zhiliang. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Paraserica wangi 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 November 28, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Liu, W.; Fabrizi, S.; Yang, X.; Bai, M.; Ahrens, D. (2017). "New species of Nipponoserica and Paraserica from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". ZooKeys. 721: 65–91. Retrieved November 28, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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