Trioserica guerlachi

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Trioserica guerlachi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Trioserica
Species:
T. guerlachi
Binomial name
Trioserica guerlachi
Ahrens, Lukic & Pham, 2024

Trioserica guerlachi 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 6.9 mm. They have a short oval body. The dorsal surface is dark brown and the ventral surface is red brown. The labroclypeus and margins of the pronotum are reddish brown and the antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is dull with some iridescent shine and the surface is almost glabrous. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, R.P. Guerlach. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Trioserica guerlachi 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 January 8, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Ahrens, D.; Lukic, D.; Wipfler, B.; Pham, P. (2024). "A revision of the Trioserica species from continental southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 55 (3): 227–339. Retrieved January 8, 2026.