Tetraserica allomengeana

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Tetraserica allomengeana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Tetraserica
Species:
T. allomengeana
Binomial name
Tetraserica allomengeana
Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019

Tetraserica allomengeana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Laos. [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.1–9.1 mm. The surface of the labroclypeus and the disc of the frons are glabrous. The smooth area anterior to the eye is twice as wide as long. [3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek allo- (meaning other) and the species name mengeana and refers to its similarity to Tetraserica mengeana . [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica allomengeana 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 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Fabrizi, Silvia; Dalstein, Vivian; Ahrens, Dirk (April 9, 2019). "A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". Zookeys. 837. Pensoft: 1–155. Retrieved November 10, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.