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| Moronoserica ventrosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Moronoserica |
| Species: | M. ventrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Moronoserica ventrosa (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) | |
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Moronoserica ventrosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Laos and China (Yunnan).[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 6.7–7.5 mm. They have a dark yellowish brown, oval body. The midline, scutellum, and elytral striae are yellowish brown, while the frons, sutural and odd intervals, two spots on each side of the pronotum, and its margins are dark brown with a greenish shine. The dorsal surface is dull (but the labroclypeus is shiny) and almost evenly and moderately densely covered with minute setae, with white, robust, erect setae on the elytra.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The species name is derived from Latin ventrosa (meaning large belly) and refers to the ventrally strongly expanded lateral lamina of the phallobase.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Moronoserica ventrosa 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 December 26, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Bohacz, Claudia; Ahrens, Dirk (2020). "New species of the Microserica lineata group from Laos and Thailand (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 4859 (2): 263–274. Retrieved December 26, 2025.