Tetraserica falciformis

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 11.8–12.5 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 the combined Latin words falcis- (meaning sickle) and formis (meaning of shape) and refers to the sickle-shaped right paramere. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica falciformis 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 7, 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 7, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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