Tetraserica romae

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.3–8.1 mm. The dorsal surface is blackish and the ventral surface is reddish brown. The surface of the labroclypeus and disc of the frons are glabrous. The smooth area anterior to the eye is twice as wide as long. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after one of its collectors, Ilona Roma. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica finociliata 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.