Tetraserica yaoquensis

Tetraserica yaoquensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Tetraserica
Species:	T. yaoquensis
Binomial name
Tetraserica yaoquensis Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens, 2014

Tetraserica yaoquensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in China (Yunnan) and Laos. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.3 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 is named after its type locality, Yaoqu. ^[3]

References

1. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica yaoquensis 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.
2. 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.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
3. Liu, W.; Fabrizi, Silvia; Bai, M.; Yang, X.-K.; Ahrens, Dirk (April 9, 2019). "A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". Zookeys. 448. Pensoft: 83–121. Retrieved November 11, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.