Loboserica gracilis
| Loboserica gracilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Loboserica |
| Species: | L. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Loboserica gracilis Kolbe, 1914 | |
Loboserica gracilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Tanzania.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They have an elongated, narrow, light brown body. The clypeus is truncate anteriorly and the frons wrinkled-punctate anteriorly, weakly and sparsely punctate posteriorly. The pronotum is twice as wide as long, with the lateral margins straight posteriorly, weakly curved anteriorly, posterior angles right-angled and sharp. The entire upper surface is abundantly and moderately strongly, not densely punctate. The scutellum is longer than wide, depressed on both sides, moderately coarsely punctate. The elytra are finely striate-punctate, the striae depressed, the interstitials coarser and sparsely punctate.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Loboserica gracilis 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 June 1, 2026.
- 1 2 Kolbe, H. J. (1914). "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklemburg. Band V: Zoologie III. Lieferung 3. Scarabaeiden" (PDF). Klinkhardt & Biermann. Leipzig. 5 (3): 261–416. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
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