Symmela marcelae

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Symmela marcelae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Symmela
Species:
S. marcelae
Binomial name
Symmela marcelae
Pacheco & Ahrens, 2023

Symmela marcelae is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Brazil (Bahia). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.5 mm. The body is entirely yellow. The surface is shiny and the dorsal surface is glabrous. The head and pronotum are without a cupreous iridescent shine. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after Marcela L. Monné Freire. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Symmela marcelae 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 11, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Pacheco, T. L.; Ahrens, D. (2023). "Addendum to the revision of the South American genus Symmela Erichson, 1835 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini): a further new species from Brazil". Zootaxa. 5263 (2): 297–299. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
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