Tocama procera
| Tocama procera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tocama |
| Species: | T. procera |
| Binomial name | |
| Tocama procera Li & Keith, 2012 | |
Tocama procera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Vietnam.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 20.3–22.9 mm (0.80–0.90 in). The head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum and venter of the body are blackish brown, while the tarsomeres are black and the elytra dull castaneous. The dorsal surface of the body is covered with minute, brownish grey setae.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The species name is derived from Latin procera (meaning tall) and refers to the relatively convex pronotum when viewed laterally.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tocama procera 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Li, Chun-Lin; Wang, Chuan-Chan; Keith, Denis; Yang, Ping-Shih (2012). "On the genus Tocama Reitter (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), with descriptions of two new species from Indochina". ZooKeys. 177: 37–48. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
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