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Microserica costisquamosa

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Microserica costisquamosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Guizhou).[2][3]

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Microserica costisquamosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. costisquamosa
Binomial name
Microserica costisquamosa
(Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019)
Synonyms
  • Neoserica costisquamosa Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019
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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.8 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oval body. The antennal club is yellowish brown and the frons, disc of the pronotum and centre of the elytral intervals are darker with a greenish shine. The dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few white large scale-like setae on the odd intervals. The labroclypeus is shiny.[3]

Etymology

The name of the species is derived from the combined Latin words, costa (meaning ridge) and squama (meaning scale), with reference to the large scales on odd elytral intervals.[3]

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