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Tetraserica kontumensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Tetraserica
Species:
T. kontumensis
Binomial name
Tetraserica kontumensis
Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019

Tetraserica kontumensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Vietnam.[2][3]

Description

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Adults reach a length of about 10 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

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The species is named with reference to its occurrence in the Kon Tum province.[3]

References

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  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tetraserica kontumensis 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 11, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 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 11, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.