Tetraserica rubrithorax

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.9 mm. The body is blackish brown with the pronotum reddish. 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 Latin rubus (meaning red) and thorax and refers to the red pronotum of the species. [3]

References

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